Scientist Cloned Female Dog

Lee Byeong-chun, a veterinary professor of Seoul National University, center, and his researchers show three female cloned dogs Bona, left, Hope, center, and Peace at the university's Veterinary School in Seoul, Monday, Dec. 18, 2006.

Lee, a former key collaborator of disgraced South Korean cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk, claimed Monday that he succeeded in cloning a female dog, following last year's breakthrough of creating the world's first cloned dog, which was male.

This was a process that must be done to see if a cloned dog has reproduction capabilities," Lee told The Associated Press.

Lee was a key member of Hwang's research team, whose purported breakthroughs in creating human stem cells through cloning were found to be fake. But the team's success in cloning the world's first dog, Snuppy, was confirmed.

Lee, who had been suspended from his university for three months over the stem cell scandal, was the main scientist in the dog cloning. He has been on trial, along with Hwang and other former team members, on charges of misappropriating research funds. If he gets a prison term, he could lose his job as professor of the top South Korean university.

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