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Hwang Woo-suk to Resume Research


Korea's disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk will resume cloning research next week with his former colleagues, according to Hwang's lawyer Lee Geon-haeng Tuesday.
``Hwang has already established his lab in Seoul, which will open on July 4 or 5. Approximately 30 researchers, mostly Hwang's former associates, will join it,'' said Lee, who currently acts as a de-facto spokesman for Hwang.

``Hwang looks to start with animal cloning experiments but he may work on human stem cell research later,'' said Lee, also Hwang's high-school junior.

Lee said most of the core members of Hwang's former Seoul National University (SNU) team ?in the fields of animal cloning and human embryonic stem cell work ?will move to the veterinarian's new research facility.



# The Korea Times [June 28, 2006]

By Kim Tae-gyu
Staff Reporter