Scores of scientists around the world tried and failed to replicate the Utah scientists' wondrous results.
Dennis the Menace failed to replicate the cute-kid formula, while Flubber and Maid In Manhattan were just plain bad.
Two industry-sponsored studies, carried out by a team that has been critical of Dr. Hayes's work, have failed to replicate the findings with the clawed frog.
"It felt like a slap in the face, to see this sort of wishful thinking published," said microbiologist Rosie Redfield, who tried and failed to replicate the research.
Now, a team of researchers from Columbia University, Massachusetts General Hospital and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tried and failed to replicate the earlier findings.
Dr. Hauser at first disputed Dr. Gallup's judgment but in 2001 reported that he had failed to replicate the earlier result.
Their proclaimed discovery of cold fusion received worldwide press coverage, but when other scientists failed to replicate the experiment, Fleischmann and Pons were rendered pariahs.
However, some scientists have failed to replicate the initial findings, which suggested that PYY3-36 cut cut weight by 20% in rats.
Other scientists have tried and failed to replicate the finding that day-old boy babies look at objects while newborn girls look at faces.
ARTPOP, which was released in November 2013, topped the UK charts but failed to replicate the huge sales of her debut The Fame or even its follow-up Born This Way.
James produced successful material for Teena Marie, Eddie Murphy and the Mary Jane Girls, yet his own career stalled when Cold Blooded (1982) failed to replicate the success of Street Songs.
