(South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk, center, is escorted by plainclothes policemen upon his arrival at a disciplinary committee of Seoul National University in Seoul, Friday, March 17, 2006. Hwang came to the university to explain the scandal surrounding faked stem cell research. Woo-suk was fired Monday, March 20, 2006, as professor of Seoul National University over his stem cell fraud, news reports said. The university made the decision at a meeting of its disciplinary committee, South Korea's Yonhap news agency and cable channel YTN said. Photo: AP/Ahn Young-joon, file)

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

The university made the decision at a meeting of its disciplinary committee, South Korea's Yonhap news agency and cable channel YTN said.