Retracted article: A new sensor for the assay of breast cancer antigen

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We, the authors Raluca-Ioana Stefan-van Staden, Ileana Stefanescu, Jacobus F. van Staden and Marius Enachescu, hereby wholly retract this Analyst article. Due to confidentiality reasons and possible conflict of interest we cannot provide at this stage more data to support the conclusions of the article. Signed: R. I. Stefan-van Staden, J. F. van Staden, National Institute of Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter, Bucharest, Romania, and I. Stefanescu, M. Enachescu, University “Politehnica” Bucharest, Romania. This retraction is endorsed by May Copsey, Editor. Retraction published 6th September 2012.

Editor’s Note: Significant concerns have been received from members of the community regarding the extent of the conclusions that have been drawn in the above Analyst article based on the data presented in the article. May Copsey, Editor.