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Published online 2 August 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070730-9
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Korean stem cells unmasked
Disgraced biologist's cell line was first of its kind, but not cloned.
Genetic analysis has confirmed that disgraced biologist Woo Suk Hwang did not clone a human embryonic stem (ES) cell.
But the South Korean scientist's team inadvertently broke new ground by creating the first human stem-cell line to come from an unfertilized egg, say researchers.
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