"Within a few days, there were thinly sourced -- and later, scientifically refuted -- claims on a television news program that nearly all Koreans carried a gene that made them far more susceptible to mad cow disease than Americans."

"Only about 30% of naturally-born sniffer dogs make the grade, but South Korean scientists believe that could rise to 90% using cloning. The puppies were born to three surrogate mothers after scientists used the nuclei of somatic cells from a sniffer dog"