Activist Mailing List - http://users.westnet.gr/~cgian/ ----- Forwarded message from Ma Yong-woon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dear fellow campaigners of the world fighting for the better world. A team of researchers at Kyeonghee University Hospital's Infertility Clinic in Korea announced Monday(14. Dec.) that it succeeded in a human cloning test. And, Korean Federation for Environmental Movement(KFEM) released a statement criticizing the reckless experiment on the same day. Today(15. Dec) KFEM and other civic and environmental organizations of Korea held a protesting campaign in front of Kyeonghee University Hospital. I would like to let you know this news and would like to get some advice on fighting against the stupid scientists. Could you please visit homepages of Ministry of Science and Technology (http://www.most.go.kr/), Ministry of Health and Welfare(http://www.mohw.go.kr) and Kyeonghee University Hospital(http://www.khmc.or.kr/), and express your concerns about human cloning? In Korea, there is no regulation on cloning, now. KFEM and some other NGOs are going to ask the government to make a law on biosafety and bioethics. It would be much helpful if you can give me some advice. Thank You. The following is an article from a Korean Newspaper, Chosun-Ilbo (http://www.chosun.com/g__.html) =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- =20 Human Cloning Test Succeeds The Chosun-Ilbo, 15. Dec. 1998 A team of researchers at Kyeonghee University Hospital's Infertility Clinic announced Monday that it succeeded in a human cloning test in which they transplanted an ovum with a replaced cell nucleus. Researchers Kim Seung-bo and Lee Bo-yeon removed the nucleus of an ovum from a woman in her thirties, and replaced it with a somatic cell(2n) and saw the ovum successfully reach cell division and segmentation. According to a report issued by Kim and Lee, "we were able to confirm division up to the fourth cell stage, the stage of embryo development when a test tube embryo is usually placed back in the uterus, where it then further develops into a fetus." This is the second time a human cell has been cloned, following a team of Scottish researchers who first cloned a live animal, 'Dolly' a sheep. Kim and Lee assert that they performed the experiment for research purposes only, and had no intentions of actually cloning a human baby "because it is inconsistent with ethical regulations to transfer a cloned embryo into a human uterus." Nevertheless, the team's claims are expected to heat up the ethical debate surrounding genetic engineering in Korea. (Kim Chang-ki, [EMAIL PROTECTED])=20 Civic Groups Protest 'Human' Cloning The Chosun-Ilbo, 16. Dec. 1998 Members of the 'Life Safety Ethics Association' held a demonstration Tuesday in front of Kyonghee University calling for a halt to experiments on human cloning. The association, composed of members of various civic groups including Green Korea, were reacting to an announcement from a research team Monday that they had successfully cloned a human fetus by nuclear transplant and had let it grow to segmentation stage. Professor Lee Bo-yon, head of the research team said that the experiment was not designed to clone human beings but an ongoing series to clone specific organs for transplant. Representative Lee Sang-hee of the Grand National Party (GNP) called for the speeding up of the passage of the life science bill that governs research in this area. The draft has been stuck at the committee stage since December 7. (Kim Chang-ki, [EMAIL PROTECTED])=20 =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ma Yong-woon Biosafety Campaigner Environmental Policy Department Korean Federation for Environmental Movement(KFEM) 251, Nooha-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea tel ; 82-2-735-7000 fax : 82-2-730-1240 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The address for any administrative command like unsubscribe, subscribe or help is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The WWW list archive is available at http://gen.free.de/archives.html=20 _____________________________________________________ * The Activist * http://users.westnet.gr/~cgian =20 This is not about the world that we inherited from our forefathers, It is about the world we have borrowed from our children !! _____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/ ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
