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In light of South Korean research fraud, UW professors insist peer review proves its worth

Research policies in Wisconsin probably will not be affected by fraud on the other side of the world, UW-Madison researchers said. Yet, the actions of Dr. Hwang Woo-Suk, a South Korean stem cell researcher who was found Dec. 23 to have faked results of several of his experiments on human embryos, may give the field a black eye in the short term.