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  • Panel: S. Korean Faked Stem Cell Results - Professor Hwang Woo-suk resigns

    12/22/2005 8:06:10 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 7 replies · 372+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 12/22/05 | Bo-Mi Lim - ap
    SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean researcher Hwang Woo-suk faked results of at least nine of 11 stem-cell lines he claimed to have created, a deliberate deception that has undermined the credibility of science, his university said Friday. The announcement by Seoul National University of results so far in its investigation into Hwang's work were the first confirmation of allegations that have cast a shadow over his entire list of breakthroughs in cloning and stem-cell technology. "This kind of error is a grave act that damages the foundation of science," the panel said. In a May paper in the journal...
  • Original human embryo cloning claim now drawing scrutiny

    12/20/2005 5:18:53 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 1 replies · 231+ views
    ap on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 12/20/05 | Paul Elias - ap
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - In a further blow to the credibility of the South Korean researcher who claimed to be the first to clone a human embryo, the journal Science said Tuesday it's now investigating a 2004 study it published that first brought Hwang Woo-suk to prominence. At issue are two vital photographs that Hwang used to illustrate his breakthrough claim. They appear identical to photos published previously in another journal on an unrelated topic. The latest allegation adds to a long list of charges leveled against the fallen "cloning king" in the past month. Hwang maintains his central findings,...
  • Seoul University Probes Stem Cell Research (Hwang Woo Suk)

    12/18/2005 12:48:26 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 6 replies · 379+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 12/18/05 | Kwang-Tae Kim - ap
    SEOUL, South Korea - A panel questioned stem cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk, sealed off his office and secured materials in his laboratory Sunday as it began a probe of allegations he falsified embryonic stem cells that he said he had created in a scientific breakthrough. Seoul National University began the investigation after Hwang acknowledged there were "fatal errors" in a May article in the journal Science claiming that he and other researchers cloned human embryos and created 11 stem cell lines that genetically matched certain patients. Scientists hope to use such "therapeutic cloning" someday to create tissue for transplant into...
  • Eggs and Ethics - Buying eggs is OK, Lying is not.

    11/25/2005 3:59:54 PM PST · by neverdem · 33 replies · 967+ views
    Reason ^ | November 25, 2005 | Ronald Bailey
    Buying eggs is OK, Lying is not. Woo-Suk Hwang, the South Korean stem cell pioneer resigned yesterday as head of the World Stem Cell Hub collaboration. The reason for his resignation is that Hwang's lab used eggs donated by two of his junior research scientists. In addition, Hwang discovered that other eggs used in the research were not donated, but had been purchased by another collaborator. In 2004, Hwang achieved the breakthrough of creating the first cloned human embryos and deriving stem cells from them. This advance is a step toward the day when researchers can create transplantable cells and...
  • Stem cell research by S.Korea's Hwang

    12/10/2005 6:58:33 AM PST · by Mad Dawgg · 10 replies · 253+ views
    Reuters Alert ^ | 05 Dec 2005 02:08:06 GMT | Reuters
    SEOUL, Dec 5 (Reuters) - South Korean researchers led by Hwang Woo-suk of Seoul National University are at the forefront of stem cell research. In May, their study on using tissue from patients to grow stem cells answered a promise that could one day provide human tissue and organs to cure terminal illnesses. Hwang apologised on Nov. 24 for ethical lapses in his work. Two junior women researchers donated their eggs for the team's work, a practice which has been seen as an ethical violation because research associates could feel they were coerced into making such donations. Following is some...
  • New Criticism Rages Over South Korean Cell Research (Embryonic Stem Cells)

    12/10/2005 8:49:25 AM PST · by neverdem · 3 replies · 300+ views
    NY Times ^ | December 10, 2005 | NICHOLAS WADE
    A new round of criticism has broken out in South Korea over the accuracy of a recent article that reported a striking advance in human stem cell research. In the June 17 article, Hwang Woo Suk, a veterinary researcher at Seoul National University, reported that he had developed embryonic stem cell colonies from 11 patients. The article, published in the journal Science, was hailed as a major step toward the goal of treating patients suffering from many serious diseases with their own, regenerated tissues. But Dr. Hwang's research, though praised by the South Korean government, faces mounting criticism from some...
  • Embryonic Stem-Cell Researcher Admits Ethical Violation

    12/04/2005 4:44:12 PM PST · by wagglebee · 18 replies · 943+ views
    Concerned Women for America ^ | 12/4/05 | Amelia Wigton
    In a shocking breach of medical ethics, the leading stem-cell and cloning researcher in South Korea admitted last week that he used eggs donated by subordinates in his work. According to Nature magazine, the junior researcher “felt obliged to donate after making mistakes early in the experiment that wasted eggs and set the team back by months.” This gross abuse of position and power is a lapse that Concerned Women for America (CWA) has warned could happen, and the case demonstrates growing concerns about the ethics of research involving human cloning. Hwang became a sensation in South Korea, a...
  • Scientist Faked Stem Cell Study, Associate Says

    12/15/2005 12:28:32 PM PST · by neverdem · 23 replies · 1,028+ views
    International Herald Tribune via NY Times ^ | December 15, 2005 | CHOE SANG-HUN
    SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 15 - Hwang Woo Suk, the scientist who stunned the world by announcing breakthroughs in stem cell and cloning research, faked a landmark research paper, one of his South Korean co-authors said today in television and newspaper interviews. Dr. Hwang and his aides, who had vehemently defended the paper published in the journal Science in June, were not immediately available for comment on the assertion by Roh Sung Il, , one of Dr. Hwang's 24 co-authors for the June paper, that the scientific finding was falsified. Mr. Roh, the administrator of MizMedi Hospital in Seoul, told...
  • Korean Stem Cell "Pioneer" is a fraud

    12/15/2005 9:25:43 AM PST · by DesScorp · 7 replies · 378+ views
    Breitbart.com, Associated Press ^ | Dec 15 8:07 AM US/Eastern | Associated Press
    SEOUL, South Korea - A doctor who provided human eggs for research by cloning pioneer Hwang Woo-suk said in a Thursday broadcast that the South Korean scientist admitted that most of the stem cells produced for a key research paper were faked. Roh Sung-il, chairman of the board at Mizmedi Hospital, told KBS television that Hwang had agreed to ask the journal Science to withdraw the paper, published in June to international acclaim. Roh was one of the co-authors of the article that detailed how individual stem cell colonies were created for 11 patients through cloning. More at the link...
  • South Korean stands by his stem cell research

    12/16/2005 7:31:46 PM PST · by neverdem · 6 replies · 313+ views
    The Seattle Times ^ | December 16, 2005 | Kwang-Tae Kim
    Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea's best known scientist said today he stands by his breakthrough stem cell research despite a barrage of fraud allegations, and vowed to prove the findings within days. But Hwang Woo-suk apologized for "fatal errors and loopholes in reporting the scientific accomplishment" and said he has asked that the scientific article outlining his research be withdrawn. He gave no details of the errors. The paper, published in May by the journal Science, purported to show how Hwang's team used cloning to custom-make embryonic stem cells for 11 patients, raising hopes of treatment for...
  • Stem Cell Shenanigans: Cloning Research Plagued by Bald Ethical Lapses

    12/17/2005 10:22:30 PM PST · by Coleus · 3 replies · 179+ views
    Zenit ^ | 11.17.05
    Stem Cell Shenanigans Cloning Research Plagued by Bald Ethical Lapses SEOUL, South Korea, DEC. 17, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Controversy over research methods in South Korea has shed light on some dubious practices in the race to promote human cloning and research with embryonic stem cells. Last spring a team of researchers, led by Woo Suk Hwang of Seoul National University, triumphantly announced the cloning of human embryos, from which they extracted stem cells, the New York Times reported May 20. The results of the research were published in the journal Science. The method they used is often referred to as therapeutic...
  • “Supreme Scientist” Superstar: The Hwang scandal highlights the ethical dangers of ESCR

    12/17/2005 10:47:50 PM PST · by Coleus · 2 replies · 478+ views
    National Review ^ | 12.02.05 | Colleen Carroll Campbell
    <p>Before confessing last week to ethical lapses in his research, South Korean stem-cell pioneer Dr. Hwang Woo Suk had enjoyed god-like status in his native land.</p> <p>The veterinarian and Seoul National University professor had made international headlines in 2004 when his team was the first to harvest stem cells from cloned human embryos. Since then, the South Korean government had granted him the official title of “Supreme Scientist,” Korean Air officials had dubbed him a “national treasure” deserving of free passage on its flights for a decade, and his online fan club had attracted some 15,000 members.</p>
  • Stem Cell Researcher Defends Research (South Korean cloning hero Hwang Woo-suk)

    12/16/2005 5:16:30 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 2 replies · 289+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 12/16/05 | Kwang-Tae Kimk - ap
    SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's best known scientist said Friday he stands by his breakthrough stem cell research despite a barrage of fraud allegations, and vowed to prove the findings within days. But Hwang Woo-suk apologized for "fatal errors and loopholes in reporting the scientific accomplishment" and said he has asked that the scientific article outlining his research be withdrawn. He gave no details of the errors. The paper, published in May by the journal Science, purported to show how Hwang's team used cloning to custom-make embryonic stem cells for 11 patients, raising hopes of treatment for paralysis or...
  • Collaborator says Korean cloning pioneer admitted faking stem cell results

    12/15/2005 8:29:02 AM PST · by Hidalgo · 8 replies · 611+ views
    By Burt Herman ASSOCIATED PRESS 7:29 a.m. December 15, 2005 SEOUL, South Korea – A doctor who provided human eggs for research by cloning pioneer Hwang Woo-suk said in a broadcast Thursday that the South Korean scientist agreed to withdraw a key research paper because most of the stem cells produced for the article were faked. Roh Sung-il, chairman of the board at Mizmedi Hospital, told KBS television that Hwang had agreed to ask the journal Science to withdraw the paper, published in June to international acclaim. Roh was one of the co-authors of the article that detailed how individual...
  • Clone Scandal: 'A Tragic Turn' for Science [S. Korea scientists fabricated evidence]

    12/15/2005 9:58:05 PM PST · by syriacus · 26 replies · 1,389+ views
    New York Times ^ | December 16, 2005 | GINA KOLATA
    Last May, a stunning research paper in Science, one of the world's most respected scientific journals, instantly changed the tenor of the debate over cloning human embryos and extracting their stem cells. A team of South Korean scientists reported in the paper that they had figured out how to do this work so efficiently that the great hope of researchers and patients - to obtain stem cells that were an exact match of a patient's - seemed easily within sight. But that rosy future has been cast into doubt with the statement last month by Dr. Hwang Woo Suk, who...
  • Probe May Widen in Stem Cell Fraud Case (South Korean researcher, Hwang Woo-suk)

    12/15/2005 5:18:52 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 10 replies · 578+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 12/15/05 | Malcolm Ritter - ap
    NEW YORK - New allegations of fraud in stem-cell research by a prominent South Korean researcher emerged Thursday, and scientists said his other high-profile claims could face investigation as well. Among them: the first cloned human embryos and the first cloned dog. The reputation of Hwang Woo-suk of Seoul National University has been battered by allegations of fabrication in a blockbuster paper published in May. He and co-authors claimed that by cloning human embryos, they'd created 11 stem cell lines that genetically matched certain patients. Scientists hope to use such "therapeutic cloning" someday to create tissue for transplant into people...
  • Science, Fraud, and Steel Chop Sticks (If stem-cell "breakthrough" is fake, it's back to square one)

    12/15/2005 9:21:28 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 15 replies · 611+ views
    The American Prowler ^ | 12/16/2005 | Tom Bethell
    Now comes word that the famed South Korean stem-cell researcher Hwang Wu-suk, who attracted so much attention earlier this year, faked his results. His close collaborator Roh Sung-Il says that the stem cells that Hwang claims to have cloned probably do not exist. He also said that leading authors of the paper have notified the journal Science that they were withdrawing the paper. Science said it had not yet heard from Hwang. Professor Hwang's work, originally published by Science in June, was hailed as a breakthrough -- a "tremendous advance," according to Stanford University Nobelist Paul Berg. It was also...