Hwang Used More Than 2000 Human Eggs!
This is incredible. Not only was the 2004 cloning study faked, but from November of 2002 to November of 2005, Hwang used a total of 2061 eggs from 129 females, and obtained zero cloned embryos. And high school girls were volunteering to donate after he was exposed as a fraud, a charlatan, and probably a criminal since he appears to have gained millions of dollars in research funding based on false research results.
The Hwang fraud illustrates the problems with human cloning in a nutshell: The hype, the wild promises, the exploitation of women for their eggs, the eclipsing of more promising research involving adult or umbilical cord stem cells, the lack of skepticism by the mainstream media, the politicization of science--it is all there.
This is the link to the official report of the Hwang investigation.
posted by Wesley J. Smith @ 9:03 PM
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3 Comments:
Linked to my blog....
Korean summary HERE
http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=268365&rel_no=1
I think I take the minority view here...
Of course, I don't support anything Hwang did regarding his fraud, but if the women gave informed consent and were appropriately compensated, then I would not say the women were not exploited. Medical research requires volunteers and if people want to join in - even be compensated - then they have the freedom of contract. Saying they don't is way too paternalistic for me.
Hwang should be punished for his fraud and exploiting the good will of volunteers. But I don't think his fraud proves that we should not compensate women for donating eggs for his research.
correction - for this kind of research in general. of course, this charlatan should be thrown in jail and go nowhere near the lab.
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