Disgraced South Korean to Resume Cloning Work

Disgraced South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk will open a laboratory in Seoul this month to resume his work on animal cloning, and perhaps restart research on human embryonic stem cells, his lawyer said this week.

Hwang left his post at Seoul National University in December after an investigation panel said in a preliminary report that Hwang’s team had deliberately fabricated key data in two papers on embryonic stem cells that were once heralded. Lee Geon-haeng, Hwang’s lawyer, said private contributors had provided the funds to put Hwang back into a laboratory.