Hwang Story Gets Weirder and Weirder

First we had the case of the sold eggs that were supposedly donated. Then, American researchers back away from Hwang’s cloned embryonic stem cell banking scheme. Then, one of his female scientists mysteriously disappears. Then, high school girls in Korea volunteer to donate eggs, as cloning becomes a nationalistic issue for S. Korea. Now, Hwang is too stressed to continue his work. This has the feel of in implosion to me. Time will tell.

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