Big Cloning News Promised Friday
Scientists Remain Skeptical Of Claims
NEW YORK -- Another announcement is expected Friday from a company that recently said it was producing the world's first human clone.The company, Clonaid, won't say whether it will claim at the Florida briefing that a baby girl is genetically identical to her 30-year-old mother.
But a company spokeswoman says the company will have what it calls an independent inspector take DNA evidence from the baby and mother.
Skepticism about the project is based not only on the scientific challenges, but on the fact the company has connections with a group called the Raelians. Its founder, Claude Vorilhon, claims aliens visiting him in the 1970s revealed they'd created all life on Earth through genetic engineering.
Cloning is not specifically outlawed in the United States, but the Food and Drug Administration contends it must approve any human experiments.
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