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Crying Wolf?

Mar 26, 2007

Lee Byeong-Chun, a collaborator of disgraced-by-fraudulent-data stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-Suk, says that he has cloned two wolves, Snuwolf and Snuwolffy. DNA tests of the wolves have yet to be independently confirmed.

Lee, along with Hwang, is on trial for misusing research funds in the wake of the cloned human stem cell fiasco.

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Pig Organ Transplants Considered

The Wall Street Journal reports that the US Food and Drug Administration may soon allow clinical trials that involve transplanting pig organs into humans.

'Poo-Bank' Proposal

Harvard Medical School researchers suggest people should bank stool samples when they are young to transplant when they later develop age-related diseases.

Spurred to Develop Again

New Scientist reports that researchers may have uncovered why about 60 percent of in vitro fertilization embryos stop developing.

Science Papers Examine Breast Milk Cell Populations, Cerebral Cortex Cellular Diversity, Micronesia Population History

In Science this week: unique cell populations found within breast milk, 100 transcriptionally distinct cell populations uncovered in the cerebral cortex, and more.