Korean Researchers Say Cloning Was Faked ; Stem Cell Breakthrough Had Won International Acclaim

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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 stem cell colonies were created for 11 patients through cloning.

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Korean Researchers Say Cloning Was Faked ; Stem Cell Breakthrough Had Won International Acclaim

Roh also told MBC television that Hwang had pressured a former scie...

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