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Woman Eight Weeks Pregnant With Human Clone
Sydney - Apr 7, 2002 Controversial Italian gynaecologic Severino Antinori has successfully used a cloned egg to help a woman become pregnant, according to a report in a scientific journal. In Friday's internet edition of New Scientist quoted Antinori as saying a woman taking part in the human cloning program he is leading with another fertility specialist was now pregnant. "One woman among thousands of infertile couples in the program is eight weeks pregnant," the New Scientist quoted Antinori as saying at a meeting in the United Arab Emirates, which was covered by the Gulf Times. "If true, this would represent the first human cloning pregnancy," the journal added. Antinori's office in Rome declined to confirm or deny the reports. Separately, in a special report carried by Australia's Sunday program (Channel 9), Dr Zavos told Sunday that the team has impregnated a woman with a cloned embryo. However, when Professor Antinori was interviewed in Rome by the same progam he suggested that a clone had been implanted � but any announcement would wait until the team is sure the baby is healthy. "When the baby is born, a lot of people, [think] the baby maybe die in six months", he explains. "We want to be sure of the good condition of the baby," Antinori told Sunday. Italian Health Minister Girolamo Sirchia has also refrained from making any comment, saying he would do so "when more details are available". But right-wing senator Riccardo Pedrizzi said: "Let's hope this is just the umpteenth publicity stunt from the explosive Dr Antinori, albeit in rather bad taste. "Because if the news is correct, we will be facing the madness of absolute power," he added. Antinori announced last year that he planned to pursue his efforts to clone a human baby, which is illegal in Italy. He shot to notoriety in 1994 when he succeeded in helping a 63-year-old Italian woman become pregnant, through fertilisation treatment administered at his specialised clinic in Rome. This report is partly based on AFP wire reports Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Sunday program transcript New Scientist Report SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express The Clone Age - Cloning, Stem Cells, Space Medicine
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