May 2005 in Science - May 20, 2005

May 20, 2005

  • South Korean scientists led by Hwang Woo-suk of Seoul National University announce the creation of eleven stem cell lines from cloned embryos. The stem cells were custom-made from the DNA of sick and injured patients. (It was later discovered to be fraud. )

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