S. Korea Cloning Success Faked?

Posted by Zonk on Thursday December 15, 2005 @05:10AM from the i-don't-think-he'll-get-a-bonus-this-year dept.

minus_273 writes "The BBC is reporting that it appears that the human cloning in Korea might have been faked." From the article: "At least nine of 11 stem cell colonies used in a landmark research paper by Dr Hwang Woo-suk were faked, said Roh Sung-il, who collaborated on the paper. Dr Hwang has agreed to ask the US journal Science to withdraw his paper on stem cell cloning, Mr Roh said ... Last month, Dr Hwang resigned from his main post as head of the World Stem Cell Hub, after it emerged that some of the eggs used in his research were donated by his staff - in contravention of international guidelines. Now it is some of the research itself which is being called into question."

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Re:Foreign policy implications by Bob+Uhl · 2005-12-15 06:10 · Score: 0, Flamebait

If you are an embryonic stem-cell researcher, then you know that there is no ban. Repeat, for those outside the country: there is no ban on embryonic stem cell research; those who wish to kill human beings and extract their cells will not be stopped in this country, so long as those humans are very, very young. The federal government just won't pay for it.