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Hwang Woo-suk, the South Korean scientist whose pioneering work with stem cells was really just a hoax, has a job offer on the block--with another cloning company.(The Week ...)(Brief Article)

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Hwang Woo-suk, the South Korean scientist whose pioneering work with stem cells was really just a hoax, has a job offer on the block--with another cloning company. Who would hire a disgraced scientist to do the same kind of work he previously faked? The company's name is Clonaid, and it's part of the Raelian cult, a bizarre religious movement that believes human beings were originally cloned by a race of super-intelligent aliens called Elohim. Oddly enough, this isn't the first time Clonaid and Woo-suk have been in the news together: Back in 2004 Clonaid boasted ...

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