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A stem cell researcher at Seoul National University (SNU) is suspected of fabricating 14 studies submitted to international scientific journals for publication, the school said Monday.
The misconduct of the researcher, if proven to be true, could deal a severe blow to the nation’s efforts to revive its reputation as a world leader in stem cell research following data manipulation in 2005 by then SNU professor Hwang Woo-suk.
“We’re following the matter closely,” a public relations official at the school said. “We are conducting an internal investigation while waiting for the opinion of the international journals.” The researcher is veterinary professor Kang Soo-kyung who is under attack for allegedly using inaccurate data in two stem cell research papers published earlier this month in Antioxidants and Redox Signaling (ARS), a science journal that introduces cutting edge research on structural biology, stem cells and other fields related to health and disease.
An anonymous reader reported the case in an e-mail to the editor of the journal on May 21.
Kang admitted using inaccurate information when the journal requested verification.
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