Retraction for “New intranasal and injectable gene therapy for healthy life extension,” by Dabbu Kumar Jaijyan, Anca Selariu, Ruth Cruz-Cosme, Mingming Tong, Shaomin Yang, Alketa Stefa, David Kekich, Junichi Sadoshima, Utz Herbig, Qiyi Tang, George Church, Elizabeth L. Parrish, and Hua Zhu, which published May 10, 2022; 10.1073/pnas.2121499119 (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 119, e2121499119).
The editors are retracting this article at the request of the Rutgers University Office of Research Regulatory Affairs following an internal review of data discrepancies in Figs. 1 and 3. Authors Junichi Sadoshima and George Church agreed with the decision to retract. Authors Dabbu Kumar Jaijyan, Ruth Cruz-Cosme, Mingming Tong, Shaomin Yang, Qiyi Tang, Elizabeth L. Parrish, and Hua Zhu did not agree with the retraction. The positions of Anca Selariu, Alketa Stefa, and Utz Herbig are unknown at this time. David Kekich is deceased.
May R. Berenbaum
Editor-in-Chief