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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Biotechnology |
| Predecessor | Valiant Venture Ltd. |
| Founded | Bahamas (1997)[1] |
| Founder | Raël |
| Headquarters | Riverside California |
Key people | Brigitte Boisselier, Thomas Kaenzig |
| Products | RMX568, RMX2010 |
| Services | CLONAID, INSURACLONE, OVULAID, CLONAPET |
| Subsidiaries | BioFusion Tech Inc. |
| Website | clonaid |
| Part of a series of articles on the |
| Raëlian movement |
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Clonaid is an American-based human cloning organization, registered as a company in the Bahamas. Founded in 1997, it has philosophical ties with the UFO religion Raëlism,[1] which sees cloning as the first step in achieving immortality. On December 27, 2002, Clonaid's chief executive, Brigitte Boisselier, claimed that a baby clone, named Eve, was born. Media coverage of the claim sparked serious criticism and ethical debate that lasted more than a year. Florida attorney Bernard Siegel tried to appoint a special guardian for Eve and threatened to sue Clonaid, because he was afraid that the child might be treated like a lab rat.[2] Siegel, who heard the company's actual name was not Clonaid, decided that the Clonaid project was a sham.[3] Bioethicist Clara Alto condemned Clonaid for premature human experimentation and noted the high incidence of malformations and thousands of fetal deaths in animal cloning.[4]
- ^ a b "The day a cult that believes in space aliens announced a cloned human baby in Florida". The Miami Herald. December 30, 2018.
- ^ Clone Newcomer Bends U.N.'s Ear, Wired News. Retrieved September 11, 2007.
- ^ Clonaid Nothing But Double Talk?, CBS News. June 2, 2003. Retrieved September 9, 2007.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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