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Antinori’s Cloning Consortium: II. Repeated Cloning Claim


Antinori say’s three cloned babies born
Thursday, 06 May 2004

Italian fertility doctor Severino Antinori says, according to a Reuters report, at least three babies have been born from cloned embryos in reproduction experiments he has collaborated on.

Antinori made his remarks when speaking, at a press conference before a conference in Rome on ‘New Challenges in Reproductive Technologies’ organised by his World Association of Reproductive Medicine. As usual he declined to give any further details or evidence for the existence of any cloned children, citing legal and other reasons.

When asked on Wednesday about the cloning attempts he has been involved in, he said:

"At least three went well."

"Three were born from nuclear transfer. Nuclear transfer has worked," he said, referring to cloning using an egg cell and an adult cell from another human in much the same way Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal, was created.

Antinori said he only acted as an "advisor" during the cloning.

"I confirm the facts. I have had information that it happened and I am repeating it," he further said.

Antinori declined to say whether they were multiple births by the same mother or separate births. He said the topic was "too taboo" to talk about.

Citing legal and other reasons, he refused to provide further details about the babies, such as where and when they were born and who performed the procedures.


See further:
Italian Doctor Says Three Cloned Babies Born – Reuters, 05/05/2004
Fertility Doctor 'Three Cloned Babies Born' – The Scotsman, UK, 05/05/2004

Symposium Webpage:
New Challenges in Reproductive Technologies
World Association of Reproductive Medicine
May 6-9, 2004 - Rome, Italy