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Debate on interspecies cloning reignites
AP   Monday, 26 March 2007

A South Korean supporter, left, of disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk confronts a police officer during a rally calling for Hwang to continue his research in Seoul, Friday, March 23, 2007. South Korea's government decided Friday to allow continued use of human eggs for cloning research despite a scandal involving the prominent scientist who admitted to forging work and ethics violations in acquiring eggs. The letters read 'Dr. Hwang is conspired.' (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - It was nearly a decade ago that Jose Cibelli plugged his own DNA into a cow's egg in a novel cloning attempt that was condemned as unethical by President Clinton and landed the Michigan State University researcher in a mess of controversy.


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