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Jandar
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
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 Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:53 pm Post subject: Korean to Patent Human Cloning Procedure |
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SNU Haunted by Rogue Stem Cell Scientist�s Memory
By Kim Tong-hyung
Staff Reporter Korean Times
Two years after firing him, Seoul National University (SNU) just can't seem to get rid of disgraced gene scientist Hwang Woo-suk.
Perhaps the rock-star researcher-turned-pariah may never be taken seriously again after his studies on cloned human stem cells were deemed fraudulent in 2005 in one of the biggest scandals the science world has ever witnessed.
However, Hwang is nonetheless pushing for redemption, and his consistent efforts to acquire a patent for his disputed technology for cloning human embryos is giving his former employer a headache.
Australia's national patent agency, IP Australia, is currently reviewing an application from Hwang for a cloned human embryonic stem cell. Hwang created an international sensation in 2005 by claiming the creation of cloned embryos from patient-specific embryonic stem cells.
Although the study was later exposed as containing fake data, Hwang continues to insists that his technology is legitimate, with his team at the Sooam Biotech Research Center applying for patents in 10 countries.
The patent application filed to IP Australia relates to a human embryonic stem cell line, NT-1, Hwang claimed to have generated through somatic cell nuclear transfer in a separate study in 2004, then published by peer-review journal, Science. |
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bacasper
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| Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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I sure hope Hwang got it right this time.
The world certainly needs more of me.
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Jandar
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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^ Good English. The article kind of jumps all over the place though, doesn't it? And who the heck is this 'Nobel prize winner Watson'? And where does a Korean get off lambasting Westerners for claiming superior IQ?
I sort of agree with her main thesis though - the idea that the process of development follows a single path, and the further idea that free market economics, so-called, helps countries develop are both idiotic. |
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Jandar
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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^ Good English. The article kind of jumps all over the place though, doesn't it? And who the heck is this 'Nobel prize winner Watson'? And where does a Korean get off lambasting Westerners for claiming superior IQ?
I sort of agree with her main thesis though - the idea that the process of development follows a single path, and the further idea that free market economics, so-called, helps countries develop are both idiotic. |
Are you talking about the original or the clone? |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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| And who the heck is this 'Nobel prize winner Watson'? |
Are you really unfamiliar with the Watson-Crick model of DNA? |
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newteacher
Joined: 31 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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^ Good English. The article kind of jumps all over the place though, doesn't it? And who the heck is this 'Nobel prize winner Watson'? And where does a Korean get off lambasting Westerners for claiming superior IQ?
I sort of agree with her main thesis though - the idea that the process of development follows a single path, and the further idea that free market economics, so-called, helps countries develop are both idiotic. |
Are you talking about the original or the clone? |
I think he's unaware that it's a clone. |
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NoExplode
Joined: 15 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:10 am Post subject: |
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| It would be so awesome if SNU and Koreans believed him again and it turned out to be another fraud. |
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