Dr. Severino Antinori says that two more babies will be born in February
Avi Blizovsky
Dr. Antinori and a baby born to a 62-year-old woman a few years ago
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Controversial Italian doctor Severino Antinori announced that the first cloned human baby was born in January 2003. At a press conference in Rome, the researcher said that three women had been treated and were now carrying cloned embryos at an advanced stage of pregnancy.
He refused to provide further details about the identity of the women involved. Dr. Antinori's latest statement seems to contradict his previous claims and they say that his work should be viewed with great skepticism until he releases his research for independent review.
When he made a similar announcement in April, Dr. Antinori said one woman had been treated and was eight weeks pregnant at the time. If that pregnancy had come to term, that woman should have given birth by now. However, at the press conference on Tuesday in Rome, Antinori did not refer to that pregnancy and claimed that three other women were carrying cloned fetuses in the last stages of pregnancy.
Opponents of human cloning consider Antinori's work irresponsible, and warn that even if the process begins, the babies born will be damaged.
Prof. John Burns from the University of Newcastle in the UK says: "There is good reason to think and also some evidence to support this, that if you produce children through this process, they will have abnormal features." Many countries also rushed to enact laws that would outlaw human cloning.
Many scientists also doubt whether Dr. Antinori really has the necessary expertise to bring cloned babies into the world. This place is reserved for the team that first cloned Dolly the sheep in 1996. Prof. Ian Wilmot said that Dr. Antinori always refused to let his work be reviewed by other scientists, so no one knows exactly what he achieved.
Dr. Harry Griffin, deputy director of the Roslyn Institute in Edinburgh, where Dolly the sheep was born, says: "Many embryos fail until they succeed in implanting the embryo in the uterus, and also during pregnancy and many cloned animals died within a few hours or at most a few days of birth, so it is It is an extremely dangerous process and there is no reason why it is going to be easier in humans than in the animals in which we have tried the cloning so far."
At the press conference in Rome, Dr. Antinori gave only a few details about one of the pregnancies. He said the fetus appears to be developing well and the woman expects to give birth in January. "Everything is going well, there is no problem," says Dr. Antinori, who adds that ultrasound scans show that the fetus now weighs 2.5-2.7 kilograms and looks completely healthy. The doctor refused to provide details about the woman's location or nationality and says that he is obligated to maintain her privacy. He denied that he himself was the father (and twin brother) of the cloned embryo and said that his contribution was scientific and cultural.
Italian doctor: The first cloned baby will be born in January 2003
Tamara Traubman, 27/11/2002
The Italian doctor Severino Antinori claimed yesterday (Tuesday) that the first cloned baby will be born in early January 2003. According to him, a woman treated by him is currently in her 33rd week of pregnancy and is carrying a male cloned fetus in her womb. According to him, the fetus is "completely healthy" and weighs about 2.5 kilos.
About a year ago, Antinori, a fertility expert from Italy, announced that Adam would be cloned. Since then, every few months he announces that progress has been made in the cloning attempts, but refuses to present evidence that proves the truth of his claims.
At a press conference held in Rome, Antinori said: "Everything leads us to believe that there is a 90-95% chance that everything will go well." According to him, around February two more cloned babies will be born.
Doctors and clergy oppose cloning because it involves today a high rate of abortions and newborns with birth defects. Many ethicists reject cloning altogether, arguing that it violates human dignity and the dignity of women, and may lead to attempts to genetically "improve" the human race. On the other hand, some experts in Jewish law in Israel do not see cloning as a violation of human dignity, but for now they claim that it is forbidden to try to clone humans, because many of the cloned animals have been found to have defects and the method involves a high failure rate.
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