Dr Woo-Suk Hwang was a national hero and an international star. "Time" magazine named him one of their 'People Who Mattered' in 2004. His cloning of human embryos gave patients hope and biologists drive. He amazed, awed and ultimately disgusted the world. As 2005 turned to 2006, front-page revelations emerged of faked data, fraudulent practices and breath-taking embezzlement. This book tells the story of most important case of scientific wrongdoing in our generation. Its repercussions continue to be felt.

Table of Contents

Introduction - The World was Ripe for a Clone - Woo-Suk Hwang - Stem Cell Hype and Hope - Hwang's Experiments: Speaking our Language - The Egg Donor Question: Bioethicists in the Fold - The State Scientist - The Investigation: Mass Media's Failure, and Ultimate Success - The Myth of Reproducibility, or how Hwang might have Gotten Away with it - Conclusion

Author Biography

DAVID CYRANOSKI is Asia-Pacific correspondent for Nature, the leading international journal of science. He was the first journalist to uncover HwangAs ethical transgressions in May 2004 and lead the worldAs coverage of each episode of the sorry story thereafter, being uniquely embedded with Korean journalists, scientists, and researchers in the international cloning community. David has written for The Atlantic Monthly and Newsweek and appeared on Korean and Japanese TV. Prior to joining Nature, David taught history of science at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.