WORCESTER, MA, July 12, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Advanced Cell Technology Inc. (ACT), the first company to admit creating a live human-animal hybrid, has now admitted to having commenced experiments to create human clones for use in stem cell research. The Washington Post reports that as of last night, scientists were still conducting the work and would not report on their results. “Scientific results should be published in scientific journals,” said Michael West, the company’s president and chief executive.
The clones are to be created from the fusion of a cell from an adult with a donated human ovum that has been stripped of its own genes. The result, if the scientists achieve it, would be a live human embryo with the same genetic makeup as the adult who donated the cell – a human clone.
In February, LifeSite reported that ACT led a campaign that resulted in 80 U.S. Nobel laureates to signing a letter to President George W. Bush urging him to continue the Clinton-sanctioned federal funding of destructive embryonic stem cell research.
See the Washington Post coverage: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/A48618-2001Jul11.html