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“You’ll give me citizenship?” Young-Joon asked.
“Yes. Do you remember when you said you would cure all neurological disorders in your interview?”
“Of course.”
“Honestly, not a lot of scientists believed you then. Your iPSC technology was astonishing, but curing neurological disorders is something entirely different. The public may have cheered, but the majority of scientists just thought of it as something you blurted out in youthful passion.”
“I would think so.”
“But now that you released clinical trial data that shows your success in treating Alzheimer’s, a lot more people will take your interview more seriously,” James said. “To make your dream come true as soon as possible, you will have to collaborate with them. And the most effective way to do that is for you to move your research base to the U.S.”
“...”
“You probably already know this as you are an expert in this field, but the United States is an international hub of biology and medicine, which is acknowledged by the world. We have the most advanced technology, facilities, and human resources that no other country can match up to.”
James smiled.
“One evidence of that is how your country pronounces genome, right? It used to be genom, but everyone says genome now.”
Genome, or the entire set of DNA instructions in a cell, was first introduced as genom, which was the German way to say it.[1] It was pronounced like that up until the 2000’s, but all the scientists in Korea were influenced by the overwhelming research and results produced from the Anglo-American region. Now, everyone in Korea pronounced it the American way.
“You know a lot about Korea,” Young-Joon said.
“My son-in-law is Korean....
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