A level too low

Okay, the latest charges railed against the South Korean cloner are a bit harder to wave away as ethical problems. If proven correctly, photos in the paper he published claiming there from different genetic donors may have been from the same donor.

The simple explanation (if true) is that he exaggerated his data.

If true, this will be the final nail in his coffin. No reputable institution will hire him. No decent granting agency will fund him.

This sure brings back the memories of the Dr. Kay fallout. She was the biggest money maker for our department, bringing in millions of grant dollars, and publishing quite often. Then a former technician revealed that most of her data was fabricated. The result was a prolonged struggle between the department head at the time who supported her, and the rest of the scientific field that essentially blacklisted her. Eventually she was released from the University (quietly), and her lab space and equipment given away.

Just when things couldn't get much worse for the South Korean cloner, they sunk to a new low. Honestly, if I was a part of that paper, I would have tripled check every aspect of that paper because the implications would cause international attention and criticism. I can't fault him for not thinking this was a significant discovery, but everyone knows bad things will happen if you represent data as something that it isn't. We'll see what happens.