Focuses on the sixth-floor lab in Building No. 85 at Seoul National University in Seoul, Korea, where stem cell research is conducted by Woo Suk Hwang. Description of the techniques that are used to grow stem cells; Controversy surrounding the methods that Hwang uses; Description of the process called somatic cell nuclear transfer, or therapeutic cloning; Potential advantages of using this process to create stem cells that are unique to a patient; Differences in government policy regarding stem cell research in South Korea and the United States.