Cloning
Panayiotis Michael Zavos is frequently considered as one who made contributions to the areas of human cloning and stem cell research. His publications have appeared in many peer-reviewed journals.
- 2001 -Professor Zavos, Severino Antinori, and Dr. Avi Ben-Abraham announce they are fully prepared to perform therapeutic human cloning.
- 2002 -Zavos declared the year 2002 as "the year of human clones".
- 2003 - On 20 May 2003, he announced the creation of a cloned human embryo.
- 2004 -On 17 January 2004, from London, he announced the creation and transfer of a cloned embryo, according to news reports. During the announcement, Zavos presented the first evidence of the creation and transfer of a human cloned embryo for reproductive purposes. Even though no pregnancy was established, human reproduction via SCNT is possible and applicable in the future for patients with severe male or female infertility that have no other alternative options for procreating their own offspring.
- On 04 February 2004, it emerged that the attempt had not worked and the woman did not become pregnant. A spokeswoman for the doctor said: "Prof Zavos and his team are dedicated and will continue their efforts in producing more cloned human embryos for reproductive purposes".
- 2009 -In April 2009, he claimed to have cloned 14 human embryos and transferred 11 of those to wombs.
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