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Korea scientist paid Russia mafia for mammoth


Posted on Wednesday, 25 October, 2006 | Comment icon 0 comments | News tip by: Hurrikane


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Disgraced South Korean stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk said on Tuesday he spent part of private donations for research to pay the Russian mafia for mammoth tissues to clone extinct elephant species. Hwang, once celebrated as a national hero, was indicted in May on charges of fraud and embezzlement after prosecutors said he was the mastermind of a scheme to make it look like his team had produced stem cells through cloning human embryos.

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