Guest Thinkers — August 16, 2010

Korean Cloning: The Greek Tragedy Continues…

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The NY Times has the dish on perhaps the final tragedy in the fall of Korean stem cell researcher Hwang Woo Suk. Apparently Hwang’s lab was the first to derive stem cells from parthenogenesis, or virgin birth, meaning they were derived from an unfertilized egg. “It could have been a seminal finding if they hadn’t had their blinders on,” one expert told the NY Times. Knight Science Tracker has the full run down on how other news agencies covered this latest twist in the cloning drama.

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