Woo Suk Hwang

Disgraced scientist Hwang Woo Suk claimed today that he possessed the technology to create human embryonic clones and hinted broadly that junior researchers and jealous colleagues were responsible for his downfall. The spirited defense came as a surprise amid a barrage of evidence that the 53-year-old scientist had fabricated the findings in two landmark papers in which he claimed to have created human embryo clones.

Much of the world may have dismissed him as a scientific charlatan, but fallen stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk is not conceding a thing to his accusers. Those human stem cells he claimed to have cloned in 2005 that his former university later found had been fabricated?

Disgraced South Korean scientist Hwang Woo Suk insisted that he had the technology to produce embryonic stem cells matched to different patients even though a panel of his peers said he lied about creating such cells, a newspaper reported. A university panel said last week that Hwang did not produce any patient-specific stem cell lines as claimed in a paper published in May in the journal Science. But Hwang stood by his work.

The scientist who stunned the medical world with claims that he had created the first cloned human embryos and extracted stem cells from them -- research later found to have been faked -- was fired Monday by South Korea's most prestigious university. Seoul National University decided to dismiss Hwang Woo-suk after a disciplinary meeting, saying he and his co-workers caused the school to lose honor.

A researcher in her 20s was coerced into donating her eggs by cloning expert Hwang Woo Suk, South Korean television reported. The woman was promised credit on a paper for the U.S. journal Science, published in 2004, in which Hwang announced he had produced the first cloned human embryo, MBC television said. It said she was threatened with removal of her name from the paper if she balked.

South Korean prosecutors questioned disgraced scientist Hwang Woo Suk for more than 10 hours Thursday and again today in their investigation of suspected criminal fraud over debunked papers on embryonic stem cells. A Seoul National University investigation panel said in January that Hwang's team had intentionally fabricated data in two landmark studies. He resigned his post at the university in December.

A panel investigating the work of South Korean cloning pioneer Hwang Woo Suk has concluded that he deliberately fabricated key data in a landmark paper this year, offering the first evidence of what is potentially one of the greatest frauds in modern science. The expert panel at Seoul National University, where Hwang conducted his research, found that nine of 11 stem cell lines he claimed to have created did not exist.

The South Korean university that sponsored what was hailed around the world as groundbreaking cloning research said today that its scientists never created a single human embryo clone or resulting human stem cell. In its final report, an investigative committee at Seoul National University found that Hwang Woo Suk had fabricated and manipulated evidence in all of his published papers on human cloning.

The scientist who stunned the medical world with claims that he had created the first cloned human embryos and extracted stem cells from them -- research later found to have been faked -- was fired Monday by South Korea's most prestigious university. Seoul National University decided to dismiss Hwang Woo-suk after a disciplinary meeting, saying he and his co-workers caused the school to lose honor.

South Korea's government Thursday revoked permission for disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk to conduct embryonic stem cell research, the latest blow since revelations arose last year that his most high-profile work was based on forged evidence. The Health Ministry took the step even though the government has not completed its investigation into the scientific scandal.

South Korea's government Thursday revoked permission for disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk to conduct embryonic stem cell research, the latest blow since revelations arose last year that his most high-profile work was based on forged evidence. The Health Ministry took the step even though the government has not completed its investigation into the scientific scandal.

South Korean prosecutors questioned disgraced scientist Hwang Woo Suk for more than 10 hours Thursday and again today in their investigation of suspected criminal fraud over debunked papers on embryonic stem cells. A Seoul National University investigation panel said in January that Hwang's team had intentionally fabricated data in two landmark studies. He resigned his post at the university in December.

Like many scandals, this one started with an anonymous tip and a cloak-and-dagger meeting in the dead of night. Deep Throat was a South Korean doctor in his early 30s known as "Mr. K." Last summer, he sent an e-mail to an investigative television program complaining that his former boss had fabricated groundbreaking results of human embryonic cloning. After some negotiations, he arranged to meet with the show's producer after working hours at the doctor's hospital.

Disgraced scientist Hwang Woo Suk claimed today that he possessed the technology to create human embryonic clones and hinted broadly that junior researchers and jealous colleagues were responsible for his downfall. The spirited defense came as a surprise amid a barrage of evidence that the 53-year-old scientist had fabricated the findings in two landmark papers in which he claimed to have created human embryo clones.

The South Korean university that sponsored what was hailed around the world as groundbreaking cloning research said today that its scientists never created a single human embryo clone or resulting human stem cell. In its final report, an investigative committee at Seoul National University found that Hwang Woo Suk had fabricated and manipulated evidence in all of his published papers on human cloning.

The boy who became known as "Donor 2" was propped up in a wheelchair when a team of esteemed scientists strolled into his hospital room nearly three years ago. Nine-year-old Kim Hyeoni had been hit by a car while crossing the street the previous year. Once a chubby-cheeked child who loved baseball and practical jokes, he now was paralyzed from the chest down. "Sir, will I be able to stand up and walk again?"

South Korean scientist Hwang Woo Suk, who rose to international prominence for his breakthrough research creating the first embryonic stem cells tailored to individual patients, was accused by collaborators Thursday of fabricating results in his landmark study. Dr. Roh Sung Il, the chairman of Seoul's MizMedi Hospital, told South Korea's KBS television that Hwang had admitted to him that some of the published research was faked. Hwang responded today by insisting that his results were real.

Much of the world may have dismissed him as a scientific charlatan, but fallen stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk is not conceding a thing to his accusers. Those human stem cells he claimed to have cloned in 2005 that his former university later found had been fabricated?

A researcher in her 20s was coerced into donating her eggs by cloning expert Hwang Woo Suk, South Korean television reported. The woman was promised credit on a paper for the U.S. journal Science, published in 2004, in which Hwang announced he had produced the first cloned human embryo, MBC television said. It said she was threatened with removal of her name from the paper if she balked.

Disgraced South Korean scientist Hwang Woo Suk insisted that he had the technology to produce embryonic stem cells matched to different patients even though a panel of his peers said he lied about creating such cells, a newspaper reported. A university panel said last week that Hwang did not produce any patient-specific stem cell lines as claimed in a paper published in May in the journal Science. But Hwang stood by his work.