IT IS a new low for South Korea’s disgraced cloning king Woo Suk Hwang. On 12 May he was indicted on charges of fraud, embezzlement and violating Korea’s bioethics law. If convicted, he could face up to 10 years in jail.
The charges follow revelations that Hwang’s team fabricated evidence for having created cloned human embryonic stem cells, and breached ethical guidelines in obtaining human eggs for the project. Hwang now stands accused of fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars in funding and embezzling some $3 million of the money he received, allegedly lavishing part of it on gifts for his wife and national politicians.…
