Cloned Infant Exists, Head of Firm Tells Court
The head of the company that claims to have created the first human clone insisted under oath in a Fort Lauderdale court that the baby exists and is in Israel.
With that, Circuit Judge John Frusciante said the baby would be outside the jurisdiction of the Florida court, and he threw out a petition seeking the appointment of a guardian for the child.
Clonaid president Brigitte Boisselier, a 46-year-old chemist, who testified before Frusciante, has backed off a claim that independent DNA testing would prove the cloning genuine.
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