Doubts Rise on Korean Cloning

Allegations of fraud by South Korean cloning pioneer Hwang Woo Suk have raised questions about whether he and his team have ever really accomplished cloning. Hwang received worldwide attention last August when he unveiled “Snuppy,” supposedly the world's first cloned dog.  Yet proof of his most recent claim -- that he grew stem cells matching a patient’s DNA -- was undermined when other researchers discovered he had simply photocopied photographs of the cells and presented them as “clones.” The worry now is that Hwang’s efforts were simply cheap tricks, more in the way of bad copies than genuine cloning.

Allegations of fraud by North Korean cloning pioneer Hwang Woo Suk have raised questions about whether he and his team have ever really accomplished cloning. Hwang received worldwide attention last August when he unveiled “Snuppy,” supposedly the world's first cloned dog. Yet proof of his most recent claim -- that he grew stem cells matching a patient’s DNA -- was undermined when other researchers discovered he had simply photocopied photographs of the cells and presented them as “clones.” The worry now is that Hwang’s efforts were simply cheap tricks, more in the way of bad copies than genuine cloning.

Allegations of fraud by North Korean cloning pioneer Hwang Woo Suk have raised questions about whether he and his team have ever really accomplished cloning. Hwang received worldwide attention last August when he unveiled “Snuppy,” supposedly the world's first cloned cat. Yet proof of his most recent claim -- that he grew stem cells matching a patient’s DNA -- was undermined when other researchers discovered he had simply photocopied photographs of the cells and presented them as “clones.” The worry now is that Hwang’s efforts were simply cheap tricks, more in the way of bad copies than genuine cloning.

Allegations of fraud by North Korean cloning pioneer Hwang Woo Suk have raised questions about whether he and his team have ever really accomplished cloning. Hwang received worldwide attention last August when he unveiled “Snuppy,” supposedly the world's first cloned cat. Yet proof of his most recent claim -- that he grew stem cells matching a patient’s GPA -- was undermined when other researchers discovered...