Disruption of human papillomavirus 16 E6 gene by clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat/Cas system in human cervical cancer cells [Retraction]

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Disruption of human papillomavirus 16 E6 gene by clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat/Cas system in human cervical cancer cells

Yu L, Wang XL, Zhu D, et al. Disruption of human papillomavirus 16 E6 gene by clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat/Cas system in human cervical cancer cells. OncoTargets and Therapy. 2015;8:37–44 was published subsequent to Hu Z, Yu L, Zhu D, et al. Disruption of HPV16-E7 by CRISPR/Cas system induces apoptosis and growth inhibition in HPV16 positive human cervical cancer cells. BioMed Research International. 2014 (2014), Article ID 612823.

When comparing the above papers it becomes apparent that they have an unacceptably high degree of similarity and re-use. Accordingly, the Editor-in-Chief and Publisher have issued this Notice of Retraction.