CNN Evening News for Thursday, Feb 12, 2004
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Studio: Sanjay Gupta) A breakthrough in cloning research in South Korea featured; animated diagram shown of the genetic experiment; details given of the implications for medical therapeutic research. [Seoul National University Dr. WOO Suk Hwang†- says a human embryo stem cell has been cloned.] ["Science" editor-in-chief Donald KENNEDY†- offers a warning about the complexity of reproductive cloning.]
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with Princeton University molecular biology professor Lee Silver about this cloning research. [From Princeton, SILVER - says the Korean scientists have developed a method for making human stem cell cloning efficient; states people are nervous about "reproductive cloning"; points out the polarization in the US over the human embryo while the Asian countries do not have a problem over using cloning to treat disease; notes Korea, Singapore & China are investing money into this research; expresses optimism about the immediacy of research replacement technology.]
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