Prof. Hwang succeeded in cultivating stem cells for incurable diseases.

Prof. Hwang Woo-suk has succeeded in cultivating therapeutic embryonic stem cells by cloning adult cells extracted from incurable disease patients, shedding a green light for treating incurable diseases, repairing injured body parts or transplanting organs without rejection by the patient’s immune system.

Prof. Hwang and colleagues cloned 31 embryos from 185 ova donated by 18 women, from w...