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December 15, 2005

Two blackeyes for biomedical research



As 2005 comes to a close, we first find that Merck had fudged its data on the Vioxx NEJM article.

Now it appears that Prof Hwang Woo-suk of Seoul National University had fudged his data too in his Science article on the creation of new stem cell cell lines.

BBC reports:
At least nine of 11 stem cell colonies used in a landmark research paper by Dr Hwang Woo-suk were faked, said Roh Sung-il, who collaborated on the paper.

Dr Hwang wants the US journal Science to withdraw his paper on stem cell cloning, Mr Roh said.




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