Yi Byeong-cheon
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Yi Byeong-cheon is the veterinary professor at Seoul National University
responsible for the ₩300 million KRW
"Toppy
" dog cloning program. Yi is a former aide to Hwang Woo-suk
, a pioneer in the field with the "Snuppy
" clone, who fell from grace after his stem cell
research turned out to have been fabricated. Yi is "one of the world's best-known dog cloning experts."
Seoul National University
Seoul National University , colloquially known in Korean as Seoul-dae , is a national research university in Seoul, Korea, ranked 24th in the world in publications in an analysis of data from the Science Citation Index, 7th in Asia and 42nd in the world by the 2011 QS World University Rankings...
responsible for the ₩300 million KRW
South Korean won
The won is the currency of South Korea. A single won is divided into 100 jeon, the monetary subunit. The jeon is no longer used for everyday transactions, and appears only in foreign exchange rates...
"Toppy
Toppy
Toppy is the name of the world's first cloned working dogs. They are seven Labrador Retriever clones, and they were born in late 2007 to three surrogate mothers...
" dog cloning program. Yi is a former aide to Hwang Woo-suk
Hwang Woo-Suk
Hwang Woo-suk is a South Korean veterinarian and researcher. He was a professor of theriogenology and biotechnology at Seoul National University who became infamous for fabricating a series of experiments, which appeared in high-profile journals, in the field of stem cell research...
, a pioneer in the field with the "Snuppy
Snuppy
Snuppy is an Afghan hound, credited with being the world's first cloned dog. The puppy was created using the cell of an ear from an adult Afghan hound and involved 123 surrogate mothers, of which only three produced pups...
" clone, who fell from grace after his stem cell
Stem cell
This article is about the cell type. For the medical therapy, see Stem Cell TreatmentsStem cells are biological cells found in all multicellular organisms, that can divide and differentiate into diverse specialized cell types and can self-renew to produce more stem cells...
research turned out to have been fabricated. Yi is "one of the world's best-known dog cloning experts."