Author Archives: Science Media Centre
scientific community responds to GeneWatch UK report
The 100-page investigation into GM and cloned animals called for an independent inquiry into the use of these animals in medical research, claiming that inadequate controls are causing untold suffering to these animals. read more
scientists dismiss maverick human cloning claims – again!
Scientists have once again been forced to respond to claims by controversial Italian fertility expert Severino Antinori that human reproductive cloning is already taking place. Following media reports last week that one of his own patients is expecting a cloned child, Antinori has now used an Italian chat show to claim that three other woman are pregnant with cloned babies. read more
scientists react to reports of GM pollution.
The report by Mexican government scientists, presented at the Convention on Biological Diversity in The Hague, suggested that genes from USA GM maize had crossed the Mexican border, polluting non-GM maize grown there. read more
scientists comment on maverick cloning claims
These comments follow claims from Dr Severino Antinori that a woman in his fertility programme is eight weeks pregnant with a cloned human embryo. read more