Human cloning - Claim to spark debate

The claim made yesterday

Sat, 28 Dec, 2002 - 00:00
French chemist Brigitte Boisselier, head of Clonaid, that the company had carried out the world’s first human cloning, whether groundless or not, will re-open the debate on the issue.

Scientifically, the claim has been dismissed by leading figures engaged in research, especially by Italian Dr

Severino Antinori, who himself has claimed a patient of his will give birth to a cloned baby next month.

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