Most S. Korean Study Stem Cell Lines Reportedly Were Faked

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South Korean cloning researcher Hwang Woo-suk has agreed to withdraw a controversial research paper because most of the stem cells produced for the study published in Science journal were faked, says a doctor who provided Hwang with human eggs for the research.

In an interview Thursday, Roh Sung-il told KBS television that Hwang told him he would ask Science to withdraw the paper, which appeared in June and attracted worldwide attention, the Associated Press reported.

The study described how cloning was used to create individual cell colonies for 11 patients and was hailed as a breakthrough achievement.

Roh, chairman of the board at Mizmedi Hospital, was one of the study co-authors. In another interview, Roh told MBC television that nine of the 11 embryonic stem cell lines Hwang claimed to have created were fake and the authenticity of the two remaining cell lines was unknown.

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When his work didn't look like it was reproducible that was a pretty good indication.

They are always looking for top-notch scientists who know how to fake results.