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Comment by iJohnDoe | original | For first time, a cell built from scratch grows and divides
[−]iJohnDoe · 2026-07-02 Thu 02:44 UTC · link
> Sending it to journalists beforehand is what I consider an overreaction.

No knowledge on this particular situation. My guess is that they wanted to protect their work by getting it out there. This prevents someone from stealing it during the peer review process.