Four years in jail for Hwang?

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, linkurl:reports Reuters;https://tiny.cc/5eIME . Pro-Hwang protest at Seoul National University in February 2006Image: Wikimedia commonsAfter linkurl:suspicion was raised about Hw

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After linkurl:suspicion was raised about Hwang's work;https://www.the-scientist.com/news/20051212/02/ in late 2005, he was officially linkurl:charged with criminal fraud and embezzlement;https://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/23432/ in May 2006. His trial has been underway for about three years, and may continue into a fourth, legal experts told Reuters.
**__Related stories:__***linkurl:Hwang charged with fraud, embezzlement;https://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/23432/
[12th May 2006]*linkurl:Hwang faked results, says panel;https://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/22870/
[23rd December 2005]*linkurl:Hwang requests Science retraction;https://www.the-scientist.com/news/20051216/02/
[16th December 2005]*linkurl:Seoul University to investigate Hwang cells;https://www.the-scientist.com/news/20051212/02/
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Jef (an unusual nickname for Jennifer) got her master’s degree from Indiana University in April 2009 studying the mating behavior of seahorses. After four years of diving off the Gulf Coast of Tampa and performing behavioral experiments at the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, she left research to pursue a career in science writing. As The Scientist's managing editor, Jef edited features and oversaw the production of the TS Digest and quarterly print magazine. In 2022, her feature on uterus transplantation earned first place in the trade category of the Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism. She is a member of the National Association of Science Writers.
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