January 10, 2003

Cloned-Baby Claim Renews Calls for Legislation Scientists Fear

By ANNE MARIE BORREGO

A claim by a fringe religious group last month that it had created the first human baby through cloning has renewed calls for a ban on the cloning of human cells. But research advocates worry that such a federal moratorium would block attempts not only to make human beings but also to develop stem cells to treat a variety of diseases like Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and diabetes.

A company linked to the sect, known as the Raëlians, said it had produced a girl, named Eve. The

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