- Title: ITALY: FERTILITY SPECIALIST CLAIMS FIRST HUMAN CLONE WILL BE BORN IN JANUARY.
- Date: 27th November 2002
- Summary: (W6) ROME, ITALY (NOVEMBER 26, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV/PAN: ITALIAN FERTILITY SPECIALIST SEVERINO ANTINORI ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE 0.08 2. MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) SEVERINO ANTINORI SAYING: "One of these groups has, and I speak of a group and not of myself, has an embryo of 2:5-2:7 kilos, in the womb, so we have progressed since the first announcement. This group says it should be born in the first weeks of January." 0.40 3. MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) SEVERINO ANTINORI SAYING: "It's thirty-three weeks old. I expect it the first week of January. Where, when exactly I don't really want to speak about details." "Absolutely, I need to respect and protect this project and these people and me." 1.25 4. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) SEVERINO ANTINORI SAYING: "It's going ahead but I can't say anything more. It's in good condition, we are monitoring it closely but we will speak closer to the time, we are 5-6 weeks behind the other case. We are at 26-27 weeks." 1.58 5. LV: NEWS CONFERENCE 2.03 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: ROME, ITALY
- Country: Italy
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- Story Text: Italian fertility specialist Severino Antinori,
speaking at a news conference in Rome, has said that he
expects the first ever cloned human being to be born in
January next year.
Speaking at a news conference in Rome on Tuesday
(November 26), the Italian fertility specialist Severino
Antinori said that a consortium of doctors had cloned a human
being and that an embryo was currently in a womb.
"One of these groups has, and I speak of a group and not
of myself, has an embryo of 2.5-2.7 kilos, in the womb, so we
have progressed since the first announcement. This group says
it should be born in the first weeks of January," Antinori
said.
Severino announced last year he would be the first
scientist to clone a human being. Numerous researchers have
since claimed progress in research.
The scientist was unwilling to provide details about where
the child would be born or who exactly was involved in the
project. Answering in halting English, he said:
"It's thirty-three weeks old. I expect it the first week
of January. Where, when exactly I don't really want to
speak about details."
Asked if he was concerned to release details, Severino
said:
"Absolutely, I need to respect and protect this project
and these people and me."
The United Nations have recently delayed a global ban on
human cloning, Germany and France have urged that human
cloning is halted immediately.
During the conference Antinori also hinted that were at
least another two cases of cloned human embryos.
"It's going ahead but I can't say anything more. It's in
good condition, we are monitoring it closely but we will
speak closer to the time, we are 5-6 weeks behind the other
case. We are at 26-27 weeks," Antinori said.
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