Hwang Convicted But Dodges Jail; Stem Cell Research Has Moved On

摘要

Disgraced stem cell scientist Woo Suk Hwang was handed a 2-year suspended prison sentence on 26 October for embezzlement and bioethics law violations. And the scientific community seemed to just shrug.rnHave South Korean researchers been keenly following the proceedings? Asked before the verdict was announced, Dong-Wook Kim, director of the Korean Stem Cell Research Center in Seoul, replied with a curt "No!" "The scientific community has moved way beyond Hwang and will read about [the verdict] with amuse-rnment," agreed George Daley, a stem cell researcher at Children's Hospital Boston.rnThe nonchalance is quite a change from the anxious attention focused on Hwang in late 2005.