"Veracity" of Hwang's Paper

Seoul National University, where Hwang is a professor of veterinary science, said it would create a panel to scrutinize the original data of his research. But it did not clarify whether or when it would conduct independent DNA fingerprint tests.

"We wonder why they are so afraid of conducting DNA tests," said Kim Byung Soo, an official at the Seoul-based Center for Democracy for Science and Technology. "It's a big question: Why?"

A joint statement from the center and 12 other civic groups said that any investigation by the university would lose international credibility if it did not include outside investigators or DNA tests.

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