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Panel: South Korean scientist faked data
to support claim he cloned human embryos
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Bo IDi-Lim
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEOUL, South Korea — An
academic panel investigating
the work of South Korean
researcher Hwang Woo-suk
said Tuesday he fabricated
data to support his claim that
he cloned human embryos
and extracted stem cells
from them.
The latest revelation
by the Seoul National
University panel was
another disappointment
to scientists and patients
alike. Hwang’s claim of a
cloning breakthrough had
offered hope to millions
suffering from paralysis and
debilitating diseases such as
Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and
AIDS.
The same panel concluded
last month that Hwang
falsely claimed in 2005 to
have developed 11 stem
cell lines tailored to specific
patients.
Hwang “did not have any
proof to show that cloned
embryonic stem cells were
ever created,” the panel said
in a report, disputing the
central claims in Hwang’s
2004 paper in the journal
Science. In the paper, Hwang
said he had cloned a human
embryo and extracted stem
cells from it.
The university cast doubt
on whether an embryo was
cloned, saying there is a
high possibility it could
have merely been a mutated
egg, which could appear to
have similar qualities of an
embryo.
“The 2004 paper was
written on fabricated data
to show that the stem cells
match the DNA of the
provider although they
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didn’t,” the report said.
The panel upheld
Hwang’s claims last year to
have created the world’s first
cloned dog, an Afghan hound
named Snuppy. The journal
Nature, which published
Hwang’s cloned-dog article,
said Tuesday preliminary
results from its independent
tests also showed Snuppy
was indeed a clone.
That achievement was not
regarded as important as the
cloning of human embryos
because various animals had
already been cloned.
The university condemned
the fabrications and said they
should be punished.
“This conduct cannot but
be seen as an act that fools the
whole scientific community
and the public,” the new
report said. “Just based on
the facts of the fabrications
that have been disclosed, the
penalty has to be severe.”
Prosecutors said they may
launch an investigation after
reviewing the panel’s report,
said Hwang Hee-chul, the
No. 2 official at the Supreme
Public Prosecutors’ Office in
Seoul.
South Korean media have
reported prosecutors may
lookinto whether hisresearch
involved misappropriation of
government funds. Yonhap
news agency reported
Tuesday that prosecutors
have barred Hwang and
members of his research
team from leaving South
Korea.
Scientists hope to
someday use human stem
cells to battle a number of
diseases. Creating stem cells
genetically matched to a
specific patient would be a
breakthrough because they
would not be rejected by the
patient’s immune systems.
Despite years of research,
Hwang was the only person
to claim success in extracting
the cells from a cloned
embryo.
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Zr* Jin-man / 7Zv Associated Press
South Korean supporters of cloning pioneer Hwang Woo
suk hold the a portraits of Hwang in a rally supporting
him at Seoul National University in Seoul on Tuesday.
South Korea’s disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk
faked his landmark 2004 claim to have cloned human
embryonic stem cells, Seoul National University said.
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