it's not just the money

a team of korean scientists make a breakthrough deriving 'tailor-made' stem cells from cloned human embryos. since the stem cells would be derived from patients themselves, rejection would not be an issue.

the circumstances of this breakthrough dispute a common complaint/fear that a lack of money prevents american scientists from stem cell breakthroughs.

The secret to the Koreans' success may not be cash, but the drive and manual skill of their scientists. Hwang Woo-suk said he received relatively little money for their breakthrough studyHwang told Reuters on Friday that he spent less than $200,000 on his latest study, which was published in the May 20 issue of Science. In comparison, the Bush administration spent $25 million on embryonic stem-cell research in 2003.

despite this, the article ends with another complaint riff.
btw, i don't understand why 'chopsticks' and 'oriental hands' were included either.

¶ - nitish @ 11:46 AM