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Until December 2005, Professor Hwang Woo-Suk of Seoul National University was a world renowned and highly respected stem-cell researcher. He had published three landmark articles in the prestigious journals Science and Nature reporting that he had successfully created human embryonic stem cells by cloning. Professor Hwang’s esteemed career began to unravel when members of his research team alleged that he had fabricated his data. In response to these allegations Seoul National University convened an internal review panel to examine his data. On December 23, 2005, the review panel reported that Professor Hwang had intentionally fabricated the results of his stem cell research (The New York Times, December 23, 2005). For a summary of the panel’s Final Report, go to www.geocities.com=giantdeli=art=CellNEWS_Hwang_clonging_th.html.
