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DNA fingerprints of cloned embryonic cells match those of patient sometic cells 

Initial tests on the authenticity of Hwang Woo-suk's work reportedly suggest 
that he had the technology to clone human embryos even though he fabricated 
data when he published his research. 

The tests by an investigation panel at Seoul National University may show that 
Hwang was able to clone human embryos from patient somatic cells, but are short 
of confirming whether he succeeded in producing stem cells from them. 

The panel has commissioned three outside institutes to conduct DNA tests to 
verify Hwang's research that was published in the journal Science this year. 

The DNA fingerprints of some of five cloned embryonic cells from his laboratory 
matched those of original patient somatic cells, Yonhap news agency said, 
quoting an unidentified source. 

However, it is too soon for them to be considered legitimate stem cells as they 
are in an early stage of growth, the report said. 

The cells were kept in frozen storage in Hwang's lab. Hwang recently submitted 
the samples to the investigation panel to prove that his team has the 
technology to create the patient-tailored stem cells. 

In the Science article, Hwang's team claimed to have produced 11 different 
embryos from the cells of patients and then cultivated stem cell lines from 
them. 

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