Bush policy bad: S Korea clone experts

‘‘The scientific effort to resolve the pain of patients with incurable conditions is very honourable, and I believe no mere individual politician or party can stop the historic trend,’’ Hwang said at his laboratory at Seoul National University. ‘‘Solving these problems is a common responsibility of humanity,’’ he said.

Last week, US President George W. Bush expressed concern about Hwang’s research and threatened to veto legislation that would loosen restrictions on US funding of embryonic stem cell research. ‘‘I’m very concerned about cloning,’’ Bush said. ‘‘I worry about a world in which cloning would be acceptable.” —Reuters