Hwang Suk Quotes (13 Quotes)

The use of fake data ... is what I have to take full responsibility for as first author. I acknowledge all of that and apologize once again.

I sincerely apologize to the nation for using erroneous data in the papers.

I would like to have time to confirm the validity of the technology.

I sincerely apologize to the people for creating a shock and disappointment.

The replacement took place under a detailed plan over quite a long period of time.

When the use of these stem cells is limited to a particular country, it takes much too long to create technologies usable for the whole humanity. By creating a global network, we plan to share stem cells created in each country and share information on those stem cells.

As the lead author of the papers in which fake data appeared, I hold myself wholly responsible and I admit it and apologize.

The researcher should have told me that he was not able to culture stem cells. I really don't know why he put Korea to shame and sent shockwaves worldwide.

I take full responsibility for the papers and offer you my apology.

I sincerely apologize to the nation and the international community for using erroneous data in the papers. I was responsible for going over the data thoroughly, and if I had done so, we would have been able to avoid this huge crisis.

I apologize to the people for creating an unspeakable shock and disappointment. I step down as professor of Seoul National University.

We were crazy, crazy about our work. But I was blinded. All I could see was whether I could make Korea stand in the center of the world through this research.

There is no doubt that we produced 11 patient-specific stem cells and possess the core technology to create them again.