UK, US, Korea Enter Stem-Cell Pact
Scientists in South Korea will help their American colleagues — frustrated by U.S. government barriers — create new lines of embryonic stem cells in an unusual partnership in the contentious field, researchers in both countries announced Wednesday.
For the Americans, the new international consortium, which includes Britain, presents another avenue for working around the Bush administration’s refusal to fund most of the research. For the South Koreans, the project brings coveted international recognition of their leadership in this budding field.
“I think this effort points out that science is done on a global scale,” said Dr. George Daley, of Children’s Hospital in Boston, who hopes to participate in the project. “We can establish restrictions here in the United States, but the science moves forward in other countries.”
Source: MSNBC.
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