Wilmut only sent the DNA from the beaker, allegedly Dolly’s mother’s blood, and Dolly’s for examination one year after the publication. He sent them to a Scottish Nobel lauriat, the same nationality as him and his choice for verification.

When the telomere papers came out suggesting that the old cells have shorter DNA lengths, Wilmut said that he examined the Dolly’s DNA and that they were shorter. Nobody else was allowed to get anywhere near Dolly.

A few years later, Jerry Yang, a Chinese immigrant scientist at Univ. of Connecticut, claimed that he cloned a cow. For his cow the telomere lengths were the same, not any shorter than other young cows.

What is going on? At least one of the two guys are lying. I think the both are lying. However, no young scientists in either the US or England who can challenge these “established” liars. They have become institutions, too big for common men to challenge.

Hwang could have survived. Media and politicians were still behind him. The investigation could have been fudged and rendered “inconclusive”. However, young scientists and enlightened Koreans kept at it. Kept on digging. They toppled Hwang’s kingdom that were built on lies, fabrications and deceits.

I wish other countries would follow the Korean example. Get at Wilmut. Redo verification on Wilmut’s alleged cloning technique. In the US, blow cover off Jerry Yang and the Texas A&M cat cloning company. These liars have prospered too long.

The news that Dr. Hwang Woo Suk, who appeared to be stem cell researcher extraordinaire, cheated, has cast a shadow over science generally (how could such fraud not be caught earlier?) and Korean science in particular. I have blogged