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The unwelcome but indisputable revelation that some of the most exciting biomedical claims of the past few years were the product of scientific fraud settled like a cloud over the American scientific community yesterday. Stem cell researchers said they were depressed and discouraged to learn that an investigatory panel at Seoul National University had found that most of the precious human embryonic stem cell colonies that its scientists had touted were fakes. The star scientist at the heart of that deception -- Hwang Woo Suk -- resigned yesterday from his university post, his meteoric rise to fame coming to a...

KU [Kansas University] officials say standards debate has harmed state’s reputation, prospects The debate over how evolution is taught in Kansas schools has damaged Kansas University’s national reputation and made it tougher to recruit faculty and top students, KU Provost David Shulenburger said Monday. “For the state to be portrayed repeatedly in the national press as being anti-science does damage to this university,” Shulenburger said. “The frustration is you fight this reputation problem every step of the way.” Shulenburger said he believes the debate and the state’s reputation are partly to blame for KU’s recent drop in U.S. News and...