NewsBlog: Bye bye, Donald Kennedy Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 22nd June 2007 05:54 PM GMT] Yesterday (June 21), Science editor-in-chief Donald Kennedy announced he was retiring from the journal, after seven years at the helm. AAAS president David Baltimore is leading a search committee for a new candidate. Kennedy has steered Science through some tricky waters, to say the least. The journal published, then retracted, one of Woo-Suk Hwang's now-infamous papers on human embryonic stem cell research. In 2002,... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this blog NewsBlog: Hwang back at work Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 22nd June 2007 03:41 PM GMT] South Korean researcher Woo-suk Hwang has apparently picked up the pieces of his life since he admitted to fabricating key findings in human embryonic stem cell research. According to the Associated Press, he has opened a private lab outside of Seoul, and taken 30 researchers with him. They are now extracting stem cells from cloned animal embryos, such as pigs and cows. "If we had been... Click to continue View comments (4) | Comment on this blog NewsBlog: Hwang looking overseas? Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 12th June 2007 05:08 PM GMT] Woo-Suk Hwang, the South Korean scientist who admitted to faking his results on embryonic stem cells, is exploring whether to join an international consortium, according to Korean news reports. According to multiple unnamed sources, Hwang is in Thailand where he is debating whether to work with foreign biotechnology companies, including one "prominent" US company. Once a national hero, Hwang left his post at Seoul... Click to continue Comment on this blog

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