Scientists in California say they have produced embryos that are clones of two men, a potential step towards developing scientifically valuable stem cells.

Scientists have for the first time cloned embryos from an adult monkey, paving the way for major advances in human therapeutic cloning and stem cell research.

A top South Korean university confirmed today that a team of researchers at the school had cloned two wolves, ending weeks of investigation over the team’s alleged manipulation of data to inflate its accomplishment.

SOUTH Korean scientists who created the world’s first cloned dog said yesterday they have cloned two females of an endangered species of wolf.

A FORMER collaborator of disgraced South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk claimed yesterday he succeeded in cloning a female dog after last year’s breakthrough of creating the world’s first cloned dog, which was male.

An ex-colleague of disgraced South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk said today he had succeeded in cloning a bitch after last year’s breakthrough of creating the world’s first cloned dog.

A FORMER South Korean university professor who was fired for allegedly falsifying stem cell research data filed a lawsuit yesterday seeking reinstatement, a court official and his lawyer said.

DISGRACED Korean cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk went on trial yesterday on charges of fraud and embezzlement in a scandal over faked stem cell research that undermined global hopes of dramatic new treatments for incurable diseases.

South Korean prosecutors today indicted disgraced cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk for alleged fraud, embezzlement and bioethics violations in a scandal over faked stem cell research that shook the world scientific community.

The World Stem Cell Hub in South Korea, which once offered a light of hope to incurably sick patients based on the now-discredited work by disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk, has been formally shut down.

THE controversy over the unregulated application of stem cell therapy being used to treat multiple sclerosis sufferers in Ireland turns the spotlight on the urgent need for strict laws to police this unproven arm of medicine.

Disgraced cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk was today fired as professor of Seoul National University in South Korea over his stem cell fraud.

South Korean prosecutors found no evidence that scientist Hwang Woo-suk created cloned stem cells that matched patients as he claimed, corroborating a university probe that deemed the claims bogus, an official said today.

South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun is expected to accept the resignation of an aide over the scandal surrounding disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk.

Disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk asked forgiveness from fellow South Koreans today for his fraudulent publications on human stem cell research, but blamed the scandal on junior researchers who he said deceived him.

South Korea’s disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk faked his landmark 2004 claim to have cloned human embryonic stem cells, but did create the world’s first cloned dog, Seoul National University said today.

A SOUTH KOREAN investigation panel looking into the works of a disgraced scientist said yesterday it could not yet reach a conclusion on whether his team produced the world’s first cloned dog.

While South Korea’s most famous scientist was resigning today in scandal after his university said key research was faked, one of his greatest purported breakthroughs was cavorting in the snow.

Researcher Hwang Woo-suk apologised today and resigned from a South Korean university after the school said he fabricated results in stem-cell research that had raised hopes of new cures for hard-to-treat diseases.

A former colleague of embattled South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk said today he has asked his university to widen its investigation into the stem cell researcher’s work, and to review earlier purported breakthroughs.

South Korean researcher Hwang Woo-suk stood by his purported breakthroughs in stem cell technology today despite accusations he falsified key evidence.

A doctor who provided human eggs for research by cloning pioneer Hwang Woo-suk claimed today that the South Korean scientist admitted most of the stem cells he produced and documented in a journal article were faked, according to news reports.

THE academic world has been shaken over the admission of ethical lapses by the world’s leading cloning scientist.

South Korean cloning pioneer Hwang Woo-suk publicly apologised today for ethics lapses, admitting two female scientists in his lab donated their own eggs for research.