Disgraced stem cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk may face jail time, if South Korean prosecutors have anything to do with it. The prosecutors told the Seoul court today (August 24) that fabricating research findings on human stem cell lines and misusing more than $2 million in state funds calls for a four-year prison term, reports Reuters .

Pro-Hwang protest at Seoul National University in February 2006 Image: Wikimedia commons

After suspicion was raised about Hwang's work in late 2005, he was officially charged with criminal fraud and embezzlement in May 2006. His trial has been underway for about three years, and may continue into a fourth, legal experts told Reuters.


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