Prime Human Cloning Researcher Humiliated

Starker_Kull writes "Today, the first scientist to clone human egg cells, Dr. Hwang Woo-suk, was forced to resign from his post for 'breaches of ethics'. It appears that the ethical breaches consisted of overzealous assistants who volunteered their own eggs for use. After Dr. Hwang declined the offer, the assistants secretly donated their eggs under false names. After Dr. Hwang discovered the deception, he tried to cover it up to protect his researchers - but the news eventually leaked out."

Comments

Why the Fuss?

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Fabulous strategy. Every one is focused on the behavior of Professor Hwang Woo-suk. Media talk about ethics in research, etc. but completely hide the main point: Cloning of human embryos. This is unethical but they try to do it, not only Korea but in the US too. Let's avoid the debate by reporting a minor story. IMHO, the governments that allow such research are much more unethical than the professor. A scientist does research and should not care (as a scientist) about ethics (but he should as a human), he should just not break the law. OTOH, governements are fully responsible by not setting laws that limit such research. And media are responsible for not making the debate public. So don't be fooled. Forget about Mr Woo-suk and think what the world will be if cloning is allowed.

Re:Maybe I'm confused ...

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"AC because I really didn't say anything for the discussion."

I fail to see how that makes any difference? Ohh, you're a karma whore. Nevermind.

For good or bad, I post everything under my name. Yet, my karma is still Excellent, and I get a ton of mod points. Even when being modded down a lot. The Slashdot system rewards users like me.