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A senior figure at the Vatican has commented on controversy surrounding disgraced cloning scientist Prof. Hwang Woo-suk¡¯s embryonic stem cell research. Bishop Elio Sgreccia, the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life in the Vatican, said Korean society ¡°went against ethics and instead chose its own advancement.¡±
The cleric said this was as perilous as ¡°dashing down a slope without brakes.¡± In an interview with the Catholic Times, Sgreccia reiterated the church¡¯s support for adult stem cell research, saying, ¡°It is clear that there is a better way to carry out scientific research than the easy way, which destroys human embryos.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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