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Thursday, 29 December 2005 12:21 | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk
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A panel of experts has ruled that the disgraced South Korean cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk did not produce any individually tailored stem cells as claimed.
Dr Hwang resigned from Soul National University last week after the panel said some of his research had been fabricated.
In May, Dr Hwang claimed his team had extracted material from cloned human embryos which exactly matched the DNA of 11 patients.
The finding was a breakthrough as individually tailored stem cells were seen as vital to treating diseases such as diabetes and Alzheimer’s.
Last week the panel ruled that nine of the 11 stem cell lines were fabricated. It has now concluded that all of the data was false after investigators failed to find stem cells matching the DNA of patient tissues
"It is the panel's judgement that Professor Hwang's team does not have the scientific data to prove that they (patient-specific stem cells) were made," researcher Roe Jung-hye said.
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