Human clone embryo implant claim


AFP - An American fertility specialist, Panayiotis Zavos, claimed to have become the first person to implant a cloned human embryo in a woman's womb.

"We have implanted the first embryo two weeks ago," Zavos told a news conference, but he cautioned that the woman, an unnamed 35-year-old, might not become pregnant.

"We are waiting for the results this weekend. We expect success but it could result in no pregnancy," he said.

On May 13 last year, Zavos, who is based in Lexington, Kentucky, said he had obtained a human embryo through cloning and he intended to implant it soon afterwards.

He said the clone was made using cells taken from a 45-year-old American woman in a secret laboratory outside the United States, in a country he would not name.

At the time, he said he would not implant the embryo until exhaustive checks had been done.

"We are not that desperate to transfer embryos without knowing the complete story about its genetic stability and its biological status and its ability to give rise to a healthy child," he said.

Zavos was previously highly critical of the group Clonaid, which claimed in 2002 to have cloned a human baby.

Clonaid was formed by the controversial Raelian sect. It never produced scientific proof to support its claims and was treated with widespread scepticism by experts.

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