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Korean Lab Worker Forced to Donate Her Own Eggs

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the new-donate-to-work-policy dept.

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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  2. 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."

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

    Or a secretary?

  4. 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.

  5. 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.