Wesley J. Smith

This Washington Post story summarizes the near hysteria in South Korea over Hwang and his fraud. Even in the face of facts, many of the people just refused to believe the truth that he is a charlatan and had not derived ES cells from cloned embryos.But we also see that here. Despite a lack of . . . . Continue Reading »

FYI: This has been shown in other studies.Insulin Secreted by Embryonic Stem Cells Is Derived From External Sources, Concludes a Study in Cloning and Stem CellsNEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Jan 10, 2006 - Cultured embryonic stem cells induced to form insulin-producing Islet-like . . . . Continue Reading »

Hwang is a fraud and a charlatan. Yet, he apparently was able to create cloned human embryos, although after using more than 2000 eggs, he was not able to derive one cloned ES cell line. He lied. He exploited women on his own research team for their eggs. He blamed others for his fraud. He sure . . . . Continue Reading »

Now Hwang is blaming his junior researchers for the fraud he committed on the world. What a total creep. The time has come for the media to quit reporting what he has to say, since very little of it is truthful. Let him go play with Snuppy the cloned dog until the prosecutors come to his house with . . . . Continue Reading »

The international media continues its effort to minimize the Hwang scandal. Whereas before, we were told therapeutic cloning was going to make embryonic stem cell therapy (the most “promising” stem cell form, they tell us in every story despite the utter lack of scientific proof) doable . . . . Continue Reading »

James Kelly is a paralyzed American who is deeply involved in the therapeutic cloning debate, as he fervently wants to walk again. For years now, he has researched journal articles about stem cell research, corresponded with the scientists engaged in it, and become something of a lay expert in the . . . . Continue Reading »

It is amazing how similar every story I have read on the Hwang fraud follows the same template, including this AP report. Ditto this New York Times story that ran on the front page below the fold.1) Report the facts that Hwang is a fraud, but don’t accurately describe the process of cloning;2) . . . . Continue Reading »

This is incredible. Not only was the 2004 cloning study faked, but from November of 2002 to November of 2005, Hwang used a total of 2061 eggs from 129 females, and obtained zero cloned embryos. And high school girls were volunteering to donate after he was exposed as a fraud, a charlatan, and . . . . Continue Reading »

So, Hwang has apparently never cloned any human embryos nor created cloned embryonic stem cells. But he did clone Snuppy the dog.The stories about this fiasco are almost all being written as if it were a crushing blow for people with degenerative diseases. I can understand their disappointment, but . . . . Continue Reading »

I see that Ariel Sharon might be coming out of his coma after several surgeries to treat a series of strokes. Well, good for him. What strikes me about this is that I recall seeing on several news channels that had he not been the prime minister, doctors would have declared him dead. And they . . . . Continue Reading »