SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea will lift a ban on human stem cell research, a presidential advisory committee announced Wednesday.
The government outlawed research in 2006 following a scandal involving disgraced cloning expert Hwang Woo-suk. Hwang scandalized the international scientific community when it emerged that papers outlining his claim relied on faked data.
Hwang was stripped of the license to carry out the studies.
The National Bioethics Committee, a presidential advisory group, said Wednesday it has decided to allow a Seoul hospital to conduct work on human stem cells.
The committee issued several conditions on Cha Medical Center in exchange for the right to carry out human stem cell research, including hiring more bioethics experts, minimizing the use of human eggs and not citing specific diseases to prevent hopes for cures.
by the associated press
The government outlawed research in 2006 following a scandal involving disgraced cloning expert Hwang Woo-suk. Hwang scandalized the international scientific community when it emerged that papers outlining his claim relied on faked data.
Hwang was stripped of the license to carry out the studies.
The National Bioethics Committee, a presidential advisory group, said Wednesday it has decided to allow a Seoul hospital to conduct work on human stem cells.
The committee issued several conditions on Cha Medical Center in exchange for the right to carry out human stem cell research, including hiring more bioethics experts, minimizing the use of human eggs and not citing specific diseases to prevent hopes for cures.
by the associated press
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