Korean bioethicists call for inquiry into stem-cell work

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The cloning experiment of a human somatic cell by Woo Suk Hwang from Seoul National University and colleagues has raised many ethical questions. The bioethicists have called for an inquiry into the cloning work of the South Korean research team that is backed up by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Hanyang University Hospital in Seoul, which approved the experiment.

South Korea, Public affairs, Ethics, Biotechnology industry, Biotechnology industries, Ethical aspects, Cloning, Somatic cells, Hwang Woo-Suk

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Who cares about the double helix?

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Collective memory links the past to the future in science as well as history. The DNA double helix serves as a unifying symbol and provides a collective identity for many different areas of science, thus helping the human genome project look less tedious.

Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing, Deoxyribonucleic Acid, DNA, Genomes

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