 | | Brigitte Boisselier |
The head of a company that says it has produced the first human clone said on Monday that the mother and baby were home following the child's birth last week and genetic proof demanded by scientists and other skeptics should be available in a week. Brigitte Boisselier, chief executive of Clonaid, which is linked to a group that believes mankind was created by extraterrestrials, declined to say whether the 31-year-old American mother and her child were in the United States or elsewhere. Her claim to have cloned a human being last week drew skeptical reaction from experts in the field and she offered no proof, but said that genetic testing was scheduled for Tuesday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which strongly opposes human cloning, said on Friday it was "taking steps to investigate" Clonaid's claim. It said the implantation of a cloned baby into a woman is illegal in the United States without FDA approval. Clonaid was founded by the creator of the Raelian Movement, a group that claims 55,000 followers around the world and asserts that life on Earth was sparked by extraterrestrials who arrived 25,000 years ago and created humans through cloning. (Agencies) | 自上周某機構宣稱已經成功克隆出第一個人類后，12月30日該機構負責人宣布，克隆寶寶和她的母親已于周一回到自己的家中。此外，該機構還將在一周內向科學家和其他對此事抱懷疑態度的人們提供證據，來證明克隆寶寶確為克隆出來的。 布里吉特·布瓦耶利領導的這一名為"克隆援助"的機構被認為與一個宣揚人類是由外星生物創造的邪教組織有著聯系。她拒絕透露克隆寶寶和她31歲的母親目前是否在美國境內。  布里吉特上周宣布她已經成功地克隆出了人類。這一結果遭到了同一領域專家的質疑。她沒有提供更多證據，只是透露說將于12月31日進行基因測試。
上周五，對克隆人類持強烈反對態度的美國藥物食品管理局稱，他們正在對"克隆援助"機構進行調查，并稱不經過藥物食品管理局允許就將克隆嬰兒植入婦女體內是違法的。 "克隆援助"機構隸屬于"雷利安運動"組織。該組織在全球擁有5.5萬信徒。他們宣揚地球上的生命都是由外星生物創造的。他們于2.5萬年前來到地球，并克隆出了人類。 （中國日報網站譯） |
Updated: 2002-12-31 01:00
