AFP - South Korea's discredited stem cell expert Hwang Woo-Suk was stripped of his last remaining honor when he lost his title of "Supreme Scientist."

AP - The scientist who stunned the medical world with claims he created the first cloned human embryos and extracted stem cells from them — research later found to have been faked — was fired Monday by South Korea's most prestigious university.

South Korea's Hwang Woo-suk, the stem-cell scientist who claimed to have created the first cloned human embryo, is fired by his university and banned from teaching and research. In January, his data was shown to have been faked.

AP - Disgraced cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk was fired Monday as professor of Seoul National University over his stem cell fraud, news reports said.

Canadian Press - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's government revoked permission Thursday for disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk to conduct embryonic stem cell research, the latest blow since revelations that his most high-profile work was based on forged evidence. The Health Ministry took the step even though the government has not completed its investigation into the scientific scandal.