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S. Korea Cloning Success Faked?

Posted by Zonk on from the i-don't-think-he'll-get-a-bonus-this-year dept.

minus_273 writes "The BBC is reporting that it appears that the human cloning in Korea might have been faked." From the article: "At least nine of 11 stem cell colonies used in a landmark research paper by Dr Hwang Woo-suk were faked, said Roh Sung-il, who collaborated on the paper. Dr Hwang has agreed to ask the US journal Science to withdraw his paper on stem cell cloning, Mr Roh said ... Last month, Dr Hwang resigned from his main post as head of the World Stem Cell Hub, after it emerged that some of the eggs used in his research were donated by his staff - in contravention of international guidelines. Now it is some of the research itself which is being called into question."

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  1. How do you know? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    How do you tell the FAKE clones apart from the REAL clones? Dont they all look alike???

    1. Re:How do you know? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      The evil one has scratches on its face. That, or a goatee.

    2. Re:How do you know? by ChocoBean · · Score: 3, Funny

      Goatee? But I thought Flexo was the good one =D

    3. Re:How do you know? by damsa · · Score: 5, Funny

      The clone doesn't have a belly button.

  2. I don't beleive anything anymore by abes · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm beginning to question whether Korea even really exists..

    Oh the (cloned) humanity of it all..

    1. Re:I don't beleive anything anymore by Radres · · Score: 4, Funny

      In Korea, only old people exist.

    2. Re:I don't beleive anything anymore by Anonymous+Monkey · · Score: 2, Funny

      You mean it's just a conspiracy of cartographers?

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      We are the Borg...
  3. Looks as though ... by paulxnuke · · Score: 5, Funny

    when someone asks "Woo-suk" in Korea, the answer is going to be "Dr Hwang"

  4. Isaac Asimov's dream must wait a while longer by StefanJ · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Oh give me a clone
      Of my own flesh and bone
      With the Y chromosome changed to X.

      And when I'm alone
      With my own little clone
      We'll think of nothing but sex."

    1. Re:Isaac Asimov's dream must wait a while longer by winkydink · · Score: 4, Funny

      Makes hearing the words, "go fuck yourself" take on a whole new meaning

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      "I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey

  5. Why 9 out of 11? by dtfinch · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is he not sure that the other two were faked?

  6. Wow... by FlyByPC · · Score: 3, Funny

    If it's true -- talk about having egg on your face!

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    Paleotechnologist and connoisseur of pretty shiny things.
  7. Re:Towards the End of the BBC Article... by ed__ · · Score: 3, Funny

    thank god i live in america...*cough*

  8. Can you say.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    He is Sum Dum Fuk!

  9. Validated by theendlessnow · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have replicated S. Korea's faked clone experiment.