Group Claims Creation of First Human Clone
 

HOLLYWOOD (Reuters) - A scientist associated with a group that believes extraterrestrials created mankind claimed Friday that her company had produced the first clone of a human being.


The company, Clonaid, announced at a news conference Friday in Hollywood, north of Miami, that it had cloned a baby girl who appeared to have been born healthy.


"I'm very, very pleased to announce that the first baby clone is born," chemist Brigitte Boisselier said. "She was born yesterday at 11:55 a.m."


Boisselier, who heads Clonaid, which is linked to a sect called the Raelians, would not give more details about the location or identity of the baby."


"She is fine," Boisselier said. "We call her Eve between us."


The Raelians, who claim 55,000 followers around the world, believe life on Earth was sparked by extraterrestrials who arrived 25,000 years ago and created humans through cloning. Founded by Claude Vorihon, who describes himself as a prophet and calls himself Rael, the group believes cloning could extend human life for hundreds of years.

Clonaid is viewed skeptically by most scientists, who doubt the group's technical ability to clone a human being. Though providing no proof at all today, Boisselier said independent experts will confirm the baby is a clone through DNA testing.


Cattle, mice, sheep and other animals have been cloned with mixed success. Some animals have displayed defects later in life. Scientists fear the same could happen with cloned humans.


Clonaid has been racing the Italian fertility doctor Severino Antinori to produce the first cloned baby. Antinori said last month he expected one of his patients to give birth to a cloned baby in January.
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eek: I believe this as much as I believe that Al Gore invented the internet. eek:

Yea and I invented the rifle

These are the same doctors that believe Extra Terrestrials started life on earth.

These are the doctors that believe Extra Terrestrials started life on earth....cloning is interesting, but i like the randomness of birth, not a predestined child.

one ugly bald bitch too. that gotta be a wig.

Re: Group Claims Creation of First Human Clone
 

[quote="Pfc.Green":b2582]A scientist associated with a group that believes extraterrestrials created mankind. . .[/quote:b2582]

That says it all right there.

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I base my life off that book oOo:

theres a swastica in that star, and the star looks like the star of david oOo: now its geting weird

The ironic thing is if it was a bunch of government scientist official people that had cloned a baby (assuming they really have done so) then it would be a great day in american history blah blah, but aparently george bush is wanting to impose a ban on human cloning. a touch of jealosy perhaps? It would be bad PR for a group of freaks to have done something like that before anyone on government tax wages does.

[quote="Captain Bunny":bd85c]The ironic thing is if it was a bunch of government scientist official people that had cloned a baby (assuming they really have done so) then it would be a great day in american history blah blah, but aparently george bush is wanting to impose a ban on human cloning. a touch of jealosy perhaps? It would be bad PR for a group of freaks to have done something like that before anyone on government tax wages does.[/quote:bd85c]

I dont think it has to do with jealosy, the Bush administration has said nothing about this "case"... These people deserve the skeptisim they are getting, they said that they tried 10 times and out of 10 times the succeded with 5, 1 already born and 4 on the way...now a 50% success rate is not very believable I mean it took over 260 tries to clone that sheep Dolly and that sheep it already showing problems and they showed no photos or charts or any other kind of proof. I will not give them the benifit of the doubt unless it can be proven to a t that they succeded....I think its all a big hoax.

what a load of crap, and they probably won't let the government examen

I think it's a load of horse shit. Unless they have un-deniable proof.

This is why I support abortion.

Doesn't the US have laws against cloning? I'm not sure if it's that or stem cell research.