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Some Wisdom About Hwang

James Kelly is a paralyzed American who is deeply involved in the therapeutic cloning debate, as he fervently wants to walk again. For years now, he has researched journal articles about stem cell research, corresponded with the scientists engaged in it, and become something of a lay expert in the . . . . Continue Reading »

The Hwang Media Template

It is amazing how similar every story I have read on the Hwang fraud follows the same template, including this AP report. Ditto this New York Times story that ran on the front page below the fold.1) Report the facts that Hwang is a fraud, but don’t accurately describe the process of cloning;2) . . . . Continue Reading »

Hwang Used More Than 2000 Human Eggs!

This is incredible. Not only was the 2004 cloning study faked, but from November of 2002 to November of 2005, Hwang used a total of 2061 eggs from 129 females, and obtained zero cloned embryos. And high school girls were volunteering to donate after he was exposed as a fraud, a charlatan, and . . . . Continue Reading »

Hwang Did Not Clone Embryos in 2004

So, Hwang has apparently never cloned any human embryos nor created cloned embryonic stem cells. But he did clone Snuppy the dog.The stories about this fiasco are almost all being written as if it were a crushing blow for people with degenerative diseases. I can understand their disappointment, but . . . . Continue Reading »

Hwang Patent Theft

Gerald Schatten, the University of Pittsburgh researcher who started Woo-suk Hwang’s downfall by accusing him of buying women’s eggs and lying about it, is now being accused in turn by Korean media of trying to steal Hwang’s cloning technique by patenting it here in the United . . . . Continue Reading »

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