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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. Science Ethics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Go back to your intelligent design arguments while we make real progress.

  2. People may not agree on where the line is. by JoeShmoe950 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Where does the line lie in ethics of science? Should we kill embreyos to make stem cells? While many conservatists are plagued for saying no, when "an embreyo killed is not a baby, and could save millions", is this any different? If cloning ends up having the potential to prevent birth defects and such, is forcing someone to give up her eggs, worth it in the end?

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  3. First Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post!

  4. Name. by Bezben · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Woo suk hwang? Sounds like the kind of name you find in a dirty limerick...

  5. Re:about the tag line. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Its called a signature and most academic economists would agree that Clinton's economic polices were more sound than Bush's.