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

Was one of his lab assistants named "Monica"?

[Panaqqa]

"I did not have asexual relations with that woman."

It is the Asian Culture

[cyberbob2010]

In many confucian cultures juniors often feel great pressure to please their superiors.

It was not actually illegal when the junior team members dontated the eggs but since then the S Korean gov. has actually passed a law prohibiting it in a new "biotechnology ethics" law.

Personally I think it is a bunch of bs but I guess its difficult to understand unless you are part of the culture.