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KMID : 1172020060070010043
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Journal of Korean Bioethics Association
2006 Volume.7 No. 1 p.43 ~ p.57
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A survey on researchers consciousness of ethical problems in stem cell research
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Kim Ock-Joo
Kwon Bok-Kyu
Kim Hyun-Chul
Kim Kye-Seong
Cho Sung-Il
Pak Un-Jong
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Abstract
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This study was based on a survey done in 2003, which asked stem cell researchers about what ethical problems stem cell and embryo research have. The fact that this study focuses on the problems acknowledged by stem cell researchers in Korea which is one of the few countries who nationally supported stem cell research makes this study meaningful. The study is particularly important at this moment after 2005 Hwang Woo Suk scandal, since it shows how even the researchers in the year 2003 worried about ethical problem from the beginning of stem cell research. We asked the stem cell researchers what the general public would think about ethical problems related with stem cell research. By doing so, we tried to find the contrast between the opinions of the stem cell researchers and the general public on ethical issues. It also demonstrates that they were very cautious about performing human embryonic cloning by somatic cell nuclear transfer. According to this study, many researchers were not supportive to embryonic cloning by nuclear transfer at that time. Furthermore, it proves that stem cell researchers have different point of views about the research according to their gender, religion and their stances.
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KEYWORD
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stem cell research, research ethics, human embryonic cloning, Bioethics and Biosafety Act
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