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After sequestering himself in a hospital psychiatric ward earlier this week, embattled South Korean cloning pioneer Woo Suk Hwang finally held a press conference on Friday. Before a packed room at Seoul National University, Hwang defiantly denied multiple allegations that he had fabricated the results of his history-making stem cell study published earlier this year in the journal, Science. During his lengthy statement, he blamed his compromised results on the possibility that his stem cell lines were switched at some point. He didn't elaborate on how or why the switch occurred...
...Hwang?s academic affair is the latest plot twist in a drama that?s playing out in the Korean press. Several days after Schatten?s initial break with Hwang, Seoul?s news outlets cited a Korean government official and other sources in both Korea and the U.S., claiming that Schatten had met with Hwang in October and asked for 50% of the patent on the patient-specific stem cell cloning technique. Schatten also reportedly asked to be named chairman of the board of the newly created World Stem Cell Hub, a research center funded jointly by the South Korean government...
...head of the lab was not aware of the sources of the eggs? It is true. I am not in the position to be that aware of the sources of the eggs. I am physically and structurally barred from any direct access to the oocyte collection process according to Seoul National University's Institutional Review Board's guidelines. What we receive is oocyte, and not donor, information...
...SEOUL For the mathematically inclined, Breitling's Navitimer ($5,170) has a ?slide rule? function that can do multiplication and division...
...countries. A Michigan reader singled out Bill Gates: "Here is a man brought up with middle-class values, and he chooses to spend his wealth not nurturing selfish dreams and desires but working to ensure that even the poorest people will have their basic medical needs met." Wrote a Seoul reader: "Bono and Bill and Melinda Gates are remarkable individuals with a clear vision of how to make a quantum difference. This is not about giving money but about having an inspirational effect on others." A Kathmandu journalist praised the interview with Bill and Melinda Gates...