It has been more than 10 years that a scandal related to stem cell research rocked South Korea, leading to a ban on human embryo research, but now scientists are gearing up for fighting the decade strict regulations related to this research, which they classify as a ban. The nation’s bioethics committee, on August 30, 2017, held a forum with the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Seoul and invited 11 researchers and scholars to discuss possible changes to the country’s bioethics policies. Despite the promising outlook, some bioethicists warned the government against making rash changes to the law without public consultation. Additionally, press reports showed that a sep...
