EDITORIALGenuineimagesin2024Inrecentyears,theresearchcommunityhasbecomethepilotperiod,authorsgenerallyprovidedasatisfac-increasinglyconcernedwithissuesinvolvingthetoryresponseandfixedtheproblemssothatthepapermanipulationofimagesinscientificpapers.Somecouldproceedtofurtherrevieworacceptance.However,ofthesealterations—involvingimagesfromexperi-papersthatshouldnotbepublishedweredetected.Go-mentaltechniquessuchasmicroscopy,flowcytom-ingforward,iftheauthors’responseisunsatisfactoryetry,andwesternblots—areinadvertentandmayorraisesadditionalconcerns,wewillprobefurtherandnotchangetheconclusionsofpapers.Butinraretakestepsthatcouldincluderejectingthepaper.Ifimag...