韩国科学家建立世界干细胞银行(2)

Cloning  of  diseased  cells  is  now  seen  as  one  of  the  most  promising  applications  of  embryonic  stem  cell  research.

Dr.  Arnold  Kriegstein,  director  of  the  stem  cell  institute  at  the  University  of  California,  San  Francisco,  said  he  had  been  approached  to  be  the  San  Francisco  partner  of  the  Korean  foundation  but  had  held  back,  in  part  because  he  wished  to  develop  the  university's  own  expertise.

"There  has  been  a  real  chill  in  the  United  States  with  nuclear  transfer  work  because  of  all  the  ethical  controversies  surrounding  it,"  Dr.  Kriegstein  said.

He  added  that  the  Koreans  had  shown  the  way  through  their  technological  advance,  and  that  the  technique  could  probably  be  improved  further  if  many  different  laboratories  tried  to  develop  it.

        Scientists  in  South  Korea  will  help  their  American  colleagues  create  new  lines  of  embryonic  stem  cells  in  an  unusual  partnership  in  the  contentious  field,  researchers  in  both  countries  announced  yesterday.

        For  the  Americans,  the  international  consortium,  which  includes  Britain,  presents  another  avenue  for  working  around  the  Bush  administration's  refusal  to  fund  most  of  the  research.  For  the  South  Koreans,  the  project  brings  coveted  international  recognition  of  their  leadership  in  the  field.

        "I  think  this  effort  points  out  that  science  is  done  on  a  global  scale,"  said  Dr.  George  Daley,  of  Children's  Hospital  in  Boston,  who  hopes  to  participate  in  the  project.  "We  can  establish  restrictions  here  in  the  United  States,  but  the  science  moves  forward  in  other  countries."

        The  World  Stem  Cell  Foundation  will  be  led  by  pioneering  stem-cell  biologist  Hwang  Woo-suk  at  Seoul  National  University.  It  will  open  its  first  branches  in  the  United  States  and  Britain,  Mr.  Hwang  said  in  an  Associated  Press  interview  before  the  announcement.   (责任编辑：泉水)

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韩国科学家建立世界干细胞银行(2)