The parents of a newborn claimed to be the world’s first cloned human are balking on whether to allow DNA testing on the child, said the head of the cloning company that says it brought the baby to life.
Many experts have expressed skepticism about the company’s claim that the baby was a clone, saying they needed to see a DNA matching as proof.
But “the parents told me that they needed 48 hours to decide yes or no if they would do it,” Brigitte Boisselier told French television Thursday.
Boisselier is Clonaid’s CEO.
Clonaid has refused to identify the parents or offer any proof that the child–nicknamed “Eve”–is a clone. But the company had promised DNA test results to confirm their claim by around the end of this week.
Meanwhile, a second cloned baby was expected to be born somewhere in Europe before Sunday, Boisselier said. She declined to name the country.
