韩国在上个世纪六十年代起曾出现经济高速发展,被誉为“汉江边的神话”。进入新世纪,流经韩国首都首尔的汉江又传来一个“黄禹锡神话”——克隆成功人类胚胎干细胞。“汉江边的神话”毕竟使韩国步入了中等发达国家行列,然“黄禹锡神话”却让本来蒸蒸日上的韩国科技界蒙受耻辱。生命科学是当今世界的主要前沿科学之一,因其与人类的生 South Korea started its rapid economic growth in the 1960s and was hailed as “the myth of the Han River.” In the new century, Han River, passing through Seoul, the capital of South Korea, came a “myth of Hwang Il-tin”, cloning successful human embryonic stem cells. “Myths along the Han River,” after all, have made South Korea into the ranks of the medium-developed countries. However, the “Myth of Hwang Woo-Hsi” has shame the already booming South Korean science and technology community. Life science is one of the major frontiers in today's world because of its relationship to human life