First Cloned Baby Born.
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cloud9ine replied on Fri Dec 27, 2002 @ 11:59am |
 Coolness: 138795 | Group claims first cloned human born
Clonaid founded by Raelians, who believe aliens created humans Friday, December 27, 2002 Posted: 11:41 AM EST (1641 GMT) HOLLYWOOD, Florida (CNN) -- A company founded by a religious group that believes humans were created by extraterrestrials said Friday that it has created the first human clone -- a 7-pound baby girl named "Eve." "I am very pleased to announce that the first baby clone is born," said Brigitte Boisselier, the scientific director of Clonaid and a bishop in the group, called the Raelians. "She was born yesterday at 11:55 a.m. in the country where she was born. She is fine." Boisselier refused to disclose where Eve was born but did reveal that the mother is a 31-year-old American citizen. She said Eve was created using DNA from the mother's skin cells and is a twin of her mother. Boisselier offered no immediate proof of her claim -- or photographs of the baby. She said the baby is healthy, and that the family is "very happy." At the conference, Boisselier said four other cloned babies are expected to be born by February. She said that she is allowing a freelance journalist to verify her claim. To that end, freelance journalist and physicist Dr. Michael Guillen has picked a panel of independent experts to investigate. "I have accepted on two conditions: that the invitation be given with no strings attached whatsoever and that the tests be conducted by a group of independent world-class experts," Guillen said. The experts will begin their tests in a few days when Eve returns home, Boisselier said. Results of the tests are expected in eight to nine days. Clonaid, which calls itself the "first human cloning company," was founded by the Raelians in 1997. The Raelian movement professes that life on Earth was created through genetic engineering by extraterrestrials. The Raelians believe their spiritual leader -- former French journalist Claude Vorilhon who now calls himself Rael -- is a direct descendant of these aliens. He says he has met with aliens and visited their planet. Rael told CNN in July 2001 that the long-term goal for human cloning is to live forever. Rael says the Raelians eventually want to learn how to clone an adult and then "transfer the brain to the clone." Boisselier said she hopes to one day open cloning clinics on each continent to help infertile couples have families. More clones on the way? To make a clone, scientists first take an egg and remove all of its genetic material. Then the nucleus of a cell -- any cell in the body -- is taken from the individual to be cloned and inserted into the hollowed-out egg. The cell is then given a jolt of electricity or put in a chemical bath to activate cell division -- essentially tricking the cell into doing what a fertilized egg would normally do. Then the embryo is implanted into a woman's uterus who carries the baby to term. Boisselier said Clonaid used this procedure of electricity to activate cell division for Eve. At the conference, Boisselier defended human cloning, saying she is giving hope to infertile parents. "Is my science, giving babies to parents who have been dying to get one with their own genes, is my science worse than the ones who are preparing bombs to kill people?" Boisselier said. "I am creating life." Eve is one of ten implantations done by Clonaid. Five babies were spontaneously terminated during the first few weeks of pregnancy, Boisselier said. The next baby is expected to be born next week in northern Europe. Three other cloned human babies should be born by early February; Boisselier revealed that two of the expecting sets of parents are from Asia and another is from North America. She also said one couple is lesbian and two had babies who died and were then cloned by Clonaid. Despite the success of the procedure, Boisselier said the event should be kept in perspective. "It's very important to remember we are talking about a baby," Boisselier said. "She is not a monster or some result of something that is disgusting. She is a very healthy baby with very happy parents." Rael and the parents of Eve were not at the press conference. The Raelians are also not the only group claiming to actively try to clone a human. Italian doctor Severino Antinori made several announcements in recent months, claiming that a woman was carrying a human clone, which would be born in January. And former University of Kentucky professor Panos Zavos has also announced plans to clone a human, but he told CNN earlier this year he had not successfully created an embryo yet. While the Bush administration has not reacted specifically to the news, the president earlier this year made his position clear -- he objects to any form of cloning. In an April 10 speech urging the Senate to support a bill banning human cloning in the United States, Bush called the practice "deeply troubling" and said "even the most noble ends do not justify any means." "Life is a creation, not a commodity," he had said. "Our children are gifts to be loved and protected, not products to be designed and manufactured." [ www.cnn.com ] |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PitaGore replied on Fri Dec 27, 2002 @ 12:03pm |
 Coolness: 471880 | Mmmmm, interesting debate .... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Fri Dec 27, 2002 @ 3:25pm |
 Coolness: 339740 | it's BS.. they didn't clone shit. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Fri Dec 27, 2002 @ 3:26pm |
 Coolness: 685665 | While I believe that cloning humans is quite possible, I don't believe that the raelians have the capability of any kind of research that could lead to anything more productive than a post-it note. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cloud9ine replied on Fri Dec 27, 2002 @ 3:37pm |
| Coolness: 138795 | hahahahahaha
dude, the Raelians have funds up the wazoo and have dozens of Dr.'s and Scientists to aid them, they're fucked. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» djAmalgam replied on Fri Dec 27, 2002 @ 4:10pm |
 Coolness: 105865 | I am pro the cloning of humans. whether or not they succeeded, i don't know. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Fri Dec 27, 2002 @ 4:19pm |
| Coolness: 685665 | Same here. People always keep saying that "It's against nature" or "People shouldn't play god".
The way I see it, no matter how much we destroy things, we the humans are still a part of nature, and anything that we do, inventions and such, comes from our brains and our thoughts, which are natural. Therefore, cloning and the technology and everything, since the idea and concept came from humans, is 100% natural. And for the people with the religious aspect on the whole thing, if god had intended for us not to clone humans, we would be incapable of imagining the concept. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PitaGore replied on Fri Dec 27, 2002 @ 5:20pm |
| Coolness: 471880 | There's a girl who works with me who's Raellien and she confirmed me that all the ladies gets to sleep with the guy..... Pukes all over the place |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cloud9ine replied on Fri Dec 27, 2002 @ 5:28pm |
| Coolness: 138795 | Ya. NO SHIT. How could you not wanna sleep with this hunk?
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PitaGore replied on Fri Dec 27, 2002 @ 5:34pm |
| Coolness: 471880 | Ya' know....i don't......If i'd be a girl i'd be afraid and it would be my worst nightmare....What an awful freak ! What a dumb-ass ! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Fri Dec 27, 2002 @ 5:52pm |
| Coolness: 339740 | BURN CROSSES! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PitaGore replied on Fri Dec 27, 2002 @ 6:07pm |
| Coolness: 471880 | Fuck that guy's ugly .... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cloud9ine replied on Fri Dec 27, 2002 @ 6:25pm |
| Coolness: 138795 | he, in some way, reminds me of Celine Dion's husband |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» shpud replied on Fri Dec 27, 2002 @ 10:08pm |
 Coolness: 58015 | what are you guys talking about he's dead sexy. i'd do him in a second, and i'd cum twice |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» daFTWin replied on Fri Dec 27, 2002 @ 10:43pm |
 Coolness: 276510 | we know. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» AngryChinchilla replied on Sat Dec 28, 2002 @ 1:13pm |
 Coolness: 56135 | if i saW a clonded human being
id do everything in my little power to kill it people make me sick. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Sat Dec 28, 2002 @ 1:40pm |
| Coolness: 685665 | Cloned or not, as soon as that "spark of life" manifests itself, that's another human being that deserves as much love, care and respect as all others. More so, since that child will probably have a LOT of hardships to go through, having no "real" parents and being a "copy" of another person. People make me sick when they seem to manifest no sign of human emotion or compassion. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» G__ replied on Sat Dec 28, 2002 @ 2:04pm |
| Coolness: 141440 | why don't you people try and kill the people who destroy acres and acres of forest land for development...they destroy thousands of species of animals and plants and insects, they change eco systems and are only making global warming effects worse...that is playing god just as much as cloning, except instead of threatning only one life, they threaten billions of lives |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» OMGSTFUDIEPLZKTX replied on Sat Dec 28, 2002 @ 4:47pm |
| Coolness: 66590 | the whole idea of a Raelian society scares me |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» G__ replied on Sat Dec 28, 2002 @ 5:25pm |
| Coolness: 141440 | i like raelians, they sell books with double covers, the fake cover says the book is about something like Raelian and their religion, but then the second cover, the real cover is something about how the aliens wrote the bible and the Raelians translated it...they're fraudulent, i like that |
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