Researcher Says Scientist Forced Her to Give Eggs

A researcher in her 20s was coerced into donating her eggs by cloning expert Hwang Woo Suk, South Korean television reported.

The woman was promised credit on a paper for the U.S. journal Science, published in 2004, in which Hwang announced he had produced the first cloned human embryo, MBC television said. It said she was threatened with removal of her name from the paper if she balked.

Hwang admitted using the ova of his researchers in violation of ethical standards, but claimed donations were voluntary and done without his knowledge.