A Seoul National University (SNU) panel investigating a groundbreaking 2005 embryonic stem cell paper in
Although Hwang said he created 11 stem cell lines, only two were present when he and his co-authors submitted their results for publication, the SNU investigation committee concluded in an interim report. Among the nine lines that remain unaccounted for, four were reportedly destroyed by contamination in January, three were not confirmed as stem cell lines before Hwang submitted the data to
"This leads to the conclusion that the experimental data submitted to Science in support of 11 stem cell lines (DNA fingerprinting, microscopic photos, confirmation of teratomas) were all derived from two cell ...
