MADISON ââ?¬â?? The world now knows about Hwang Woo-suk, the South Korean researcher whose stem cell work may have been falsified. It was a confidence-shaking revelation for some who support human embryonic stem cell research, and a gleeful ââ?¬Å?I-told-you-soââ?¬Â opportunity for those who do not.
If thereââ?¬â?¢s a positive side to the alleged research abuses in South Korea, it is the contrast with how stem cell science is conducted elsewhere. Hwangââ?¬â?¢s transgressions support what bona fide researchers in the United States have been saying all along: ââ?¬Å?We operate under clear, ethical rules that may take longer to produce research results, but you can count on those results once theyââ?¬â?¢re announced.ââ?¬Â