Cremona, Italy — Italian scientists announced that have succeeded in cloning a horse and have announced their efforts in the science journal Nature. Some hope it will lead to the ability to clone past thoroughbred champions. However, the clone was denounced by two leading sporting organizations, the Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Breeders Association. Researchers fused skin cells with horse eggs to produce the clone. Of the 850 embryos they created, only 22 made it past the early stages. Of the four mares injected with the eggs, three had abortions. Pro-life groups say these results show the harm human cloning can do and say it should be opposed.
Also, Italian Scientist Claims to Have Cloned Unborn Baby
Rome, Italy — Infamous infertility specialist Severino Antinori claims to have a five-month old cloned unborn baby boy. In a speech given to a European conference on embryology, he claimed documented medical evidence would be published soon in a medical journal. The maverick scientist says the baby boy is healthy and appeared to suggest that cloned human embryos with genetic disabilities were destroyed in the process of cloning a human being.
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