Originally posted by wecomeinpeace
*cough*hoax*cough*
I guess we shall see ..
The article goes on to say that it was reported as a hoax because the parents decided not to go public .
[She said many types of clients can benefit from her company's cloning technology.
"We can give hope to infertile and homosexual couples, to people who've lost a beloved family member and to single men and women who want a child
created exclusively from their own genes," Boisselier said. "And we can also help those who suffer from ailments that can be cured with their own
stem cells."
In addition, Boisselier announced the team's 500th clone blastocyst.
"Back in early 2002 when we had our first human clone blastocysts, we needed an average of 30 human eggs to get one good blastocyst," Boisselier
explained. "Now, after seven years of practice, for every three eggs fused, we can repeatedly prepare one clone blastocyst. This is a milestone
achievement."
Boisselier said 70 percent of the refined cloning technology developed by Clonaid scientists is now used for the preparation of embryonic stem cells
made available through Clonaid's sister company, Stemaid (www.stemaid.com).
"I was tremendously moved by the happiness of those we've helped to have children through our cloning project," she said. "But I was probably even
more touched when I saw a Stemaid patient who had had a stroke and then was treated with embryonic stem cells created through our cloning technology.
After having several years of impaired speech, she was able to speak normally again."
Boisselier said that when her 2002 announcement of the first cloned baby was treated as a hoax after the parents decided not to go public, she chose
to respect the privacy requests of other such parents as well.
"In doing so, I gained the trust of all future Clonaid patients as well as the necessary privacy to develop the technology further," she explained.
"But we've come a long way since then. It's time to show the world the proof of what we're doing." ]