Pope condemns prospect of human clone

POPE John Paul yesterday condemned the prospect of human cloning as scientists threw doubt on claims by Dr Severino Antinori that a cloned human child will be born in January.

The Italian fertility expert says a patient of his will give birth to a cloned baby early next year but experts, including one who helped create Dolly the sheep, are sceptical.

Dr Severino Antinori told a news conference in Rome on Tuesday that the cloned baby is due in January but refused to elaborate further. “It’s going well. There are no problems,” was all he would say about the pregnancy of the cloned embryo.