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South Korean clone expert says he can clone embryonic stem cells
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-12-16 13:48
South Korean clone expert Hwang Woo- suk on Friday said his team has
technology to clone embryonic stem cells and had produced the cells in its
research.
Hwang made the remarks at a press conference held at the Seoul National
University.
However, at the televised news conference, the professor admitted some of the
cloned embryonic stem cells in his research were contaminated and it was
impossible to keep them alive.
In May this year, Hwang's team announced in a paper published in US journal
Science that it had successfully cloned 11 different stem cells tailored to
individual patients, paving the way for future development of therapies for
hard-to-cure diseases.
Hwang's news conference came one day after a co-author of Hwang "s paper
alleged Hwang fabricated partial images of the embryonic stem cells described in
Hwang's paper.
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