Posted on 04/23/2009 1:52:16 AM PDT by JoeProBono
A controversial doctor has claimed to have cloned human embryos and transferred them to four women prepared to give birth to the first cloned babies. Fertility specialist Panayiotis Zavos sensationally broke the sacred taboo of human individuality by cloning 14 embryos and placing 11 of them into the wombs of four women, he told The Independent. A British woman was alleged to be among the one single and three married patients who were said to be happy to become pregnant with the first cloned embryos specifically created for the purpose of human reproduction. The other women came from the United States and an unidentified country in the Middle East. A documentary-maker told The Independent that he filmed the process as evidence that cloning took place, with the consent of the women. The process, which is illegal in Britain and many other countries, was probably carried out in a secret laboratory in the Middle East, where cloning is not banned.
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'The cloned child is coming': Fertility specialist Panayiotis Zavos claims he has already cloned human embryos
Another scientist spending time asking “Can we?” instead of “Should we?”
Prove it, “Doc.” Open all your records to review, allow DNA testing of every relevant subject. Results openly published and verified by any competent expert.
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