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First human clone to be born
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THE first human clone will be born next summer, according to the Italian scientist participating in the international group of reproductive experts dedicated to clone humans for infertile couples.
Italian fertility doctor Severino Antinori told the Mirror magazine of Germany on Monday that the cloning may be conducted in Italy. He said moral worries about human cloning is unnecessary, adding that doctors should provide their patients with more alternatives.
The team has said a viable embryo, probably created using stem cells or other cells taken from an adult, could be available for implantation in a woman's uterus within 18 months.
But the New York Times Magazine on Sunday devoted its cover to the Raelians, a Canada-based cult that claims it is well on its way to cloning the first human.
Dr Brigitte Boisselier, a scientific director of the Raelians, said she has hired a biochemist, a geneticist and a physician to carry out the cloning project. She said that the research is financed by a “US$1 million investment from an American couple who lost their 10-month-old baby girl as the result of an accident".
A clone of that dead child will be the first baby produced by Clonaid, a for-profit subsidiary of the Raelian cult.(SD-Agencies)
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