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Korean Lab Worker Forced to Donate Her Own Eggs

An anonymous reader writes "According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, Dr. Woo Suk Hwang had attained international fame by successfully cloning a human embryo, but he accomplished his feat by pressuring a lab worker into donating her own eggs. Consequently, Gerald Schatten, a cell biologist at the University of Pittsburgh, has severed his ties with Mr. Hwang and cited gross breaches of ethics."

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  1. cheapskate by BushCheney08 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Man. What a fucking cheapskate. Eggs are like, what, $1.29 a dozen?

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    1. Re:cheapskate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I think they meant "Her Own Eggs" as in "the lab worker is a bird or a reptile".

  2. But baby... by Tufriast · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dr. X: I love you. I love your eggs. I promise not to slap you anymore. No fork them over bitch, I GOT SHIT TO CLONE.

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  3. Re:Questionable Ethics? by Dante+Shamest · · Score: 3, Funny

    If this was a comic book, he'd probably gain superhuman powers from some weird lab accident and be called The Kloner.

  4. Heh heh, you said... by bergeron76 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dr. Who suck wang...

    Dr. Woo Suk Hwang

    "Dr. Who" suck wang?
    or
    Dr. whom sucks wang?

    Interesting indeed.

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  5. Oh great. Just what we needed. by St0rmwarden · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would say something about having egg on his face, but I don't really think it's appropriate.

    Now the poor chaps who are trying to achieve something worthwhile with their medical science using stem cells or whatnot have to deal with another round of "oh god, what is the world coming to?" And "quick! Lets ban the whole lot before someone else does something this stupid."

  6. Re:Forced? by drsquare · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or a secretary?

  7. Re:WHO SUCK WANG?! Thats HER FUCKING NAME?! by slavemowgli · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually, that was (is) *his* name, not hers.

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  8. NKKSU by this+great+guy · · Score: 3, Funny

    As an eminent member of the NKKSU (North Korean Kraeizy Scientist Union), I see absolutely no problem with such practices. I myself regularly force my own lab slav^H^H^H^Hworkers to do such things. Those bastards are so lazy anyway that this is the only way to justify their outrageously high wages. No later than yesterday one of them even asked me a raise to $3.75 per hour. What the H-E-L-L was he thinking ? I can tell you that I added him immediately to the list of subjects that are going to be used in this experiment with the RNA-deconstructor human immunodeficiency virus. This time this is an improved version which works (I think). -- Dr. Madh

  9. Re:WHO SUCK WANG?! Thats HER FUCKING NAME?! by zerojoker · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm from overseas. First time I've heared about Dick Chaney I thought they were talking about a porn actor.

  10. Mean what you say. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    "I just wish people would use say what they mean and mean what they say, dammit. Thank God the laws in most countries are much more clear."

    So do you really want it damned, whatever it is? What is it, anyway?

  11. Re:North or South by koreaman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh, BTW absolute Capitalism doesnt work either. See USA for details
    Or Somalia.

  12. Suk Hwang? by danratherfoe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seeing as how his name is Woo Suk Hwang, we can at least be assured that he has an abundant supply of semen to work with.

  13. Re:Forced? by AnotherBrian · · Score: 5, Funny
    That's why prostitution isn't a legitimate job.

    EXACTLY, if god had intended women to prostuite themselves he would have given them free will and a vagina.

  14. Re:Forced? by Dwonis · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sperm donation is only easy for men, you insensitive clod!

  15. Re:Forced? by mysticwhiskey · · Score: 2, Funny
    It's illegal in most cunties in Nevada

    Uh.... no comment. ;)

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  16. Re:Forced? by 6hill · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's illegal in most cunties in Nevada (Emphasis mine.) Oh, sir, sir! I do believe your Freudian slip is showing.