Comments on: Disgraced South Korean Cloning Scientist May Face Jail Time

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:46:51 +0000

Don’t they eat dogs in Korea? I guess cloning dogs saves people having to ask for seconds.

By: Tom Hampton

Tom Hampton — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:25:55 +0000

Woo-suk,you suck.The difference between good science and bad science sometimes comes down to cash and impatience-two things his gov’t apparently possesses in ample quantities.This is more about embarassment and losing “the race to discover” than it is about money. He was pressured to produce,so he did.They could have awarded the grants to someone else,why him? Everybody sit down,regroup,and define your vision.Retract the fraud label to save face and move on.This morning I cloned yesterday’s coffee just by adding a little water-is anyone complaining?

By: Raymond

Raymond — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:24:02 +0000

I think it’s a bit harsh to treat this as a criminal case. He is definitely responsible financially to those who gave him the grants but what he did should not be a crime, it should be a civil matter. But the Korean legal system is so fubar’d that they probably don’t distinguish well between the two. The words, presidence and consistency, do not exist in their dictionaries.

By: David S. Morris

David S. Morris — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:57:18 +0000

Four years in prison seems much. A liar yes, but a serious felon, not quite. I think the total disgrace from the science establishment and a heavy fine on that dog cloning business (probably unusually lucrative) would atleast give some of that 2.25 milllion back.

By: Lisa R. Shaner

Lisa R. Shaner — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:42:57 +0000

Are you serious? What a loser, Korea should shun him in jail. That weakens and lowers us all as humans.