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Old 02-05-2006, 07:14 AM
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SCHOCKING NEWS: Korean kills himself over stem-cell case!
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SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean truck driver killed himself on Saturday by setting himself on fire after distributing leaflets urging disgraced stem-cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk to resume his research, police said.

The man in his late 50s, identified only by his family name Chung, doused his body with paint thinner in front of a historic statue in the center of Seoul in the early hours of Saturday. He died before reaching hospital.

Witnesses saw Chung distribute about 30 leaflets calling for Hwang to carry on his studies before setting himself alight, a police official said by telephone.
It is sad that this man went to such extremes.

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It truly is. As with any scientific studies, eventually you run into an ethical hurdle. Scientists have already developed two ways in mice that can produce embryonic stem cells while bypassing any ethical concerns. Sadly, in the case you mention, expediency was more important than waiting around for a more accepted approach to stem cell research. I suppose it's easy to say that waiting would be a more rational approach, but I'm young and healthy... I can afford to wait.
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This was a truck driver who killed himself, not the scientist. This kind of reminds me of the Buddhists that lit themselves on fire during the Vietnam War.

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