Panayiotis Zavos
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Dr. Panayiotis Michael Zavos[1] (Παναγιώτης Ζαβός, or Panos Zavos, Πάνος Ζαβός) is a Greek Cypriot reproductive biologist from Cyprus. He is also an American citizen and lives in Lexington, Kentucky.
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[edit] Cloning
Professor Zavos has made tremendous contributions to the areas of human cloning and stem cell research. He has delivered everything that he had promised when he made his announcement to the world in 2001. His publications have appeared in many peer-reviewed journals and show the seriousness of his accomplishments and can withstand the public scrutiny.
[edit] 2001
Professor Zavos, Severino Antinori and Dr. Avi Ben-Abraham announce they are fully prepared to perform therapeutic human cloning. [2]
[edit] 2002
Zavos [3] declared the year 2002 as "the year of human clones" [4] and [5].
[edit] 2003
On May 20, 2003 he announced the creation of a human clone, according to this news report (in Greek).
[edit] 2004
On January 17, 2004, from London, he announced [6] the creation and transfer of a cloned embryo, according to news reports in English and in Greek. During the announcement Professor 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. [7]
[edit] Criticism
In both announcements he gave no satisfactory evidence. Other scientists doubt his claimed accomplishments.
In 2002 Spyros Simitis, the brother of Costas Simitis, characterised Zavos's claims as "scientific barbarism". He expressed his opinion that if human cloning were to become reality, it would mean the "end of human freedom and evolution". He also referred to the possible use of cloning by governments for controlling and shaping society according to the government's will. It is obvious that when someone like Mr. Simitis, when reviews the facts could understand the difference between "scientific barbarism" and scientific accomplishment. [8], [9], [10]
[edit] Zavos on cloning ethics
Zavos notes that the Biblical injunction is "thou shall not kill" rather than "though shall not clone", and that the Bible does not explain or specify how humans should reproduce. He argues that any form of assisted reproduction (such as in vitro fertilization, or "IVF") is equally unnatural, but such methods are widely and successfully used today. According to Zavos, cloning can help a small percentage of childless couples to have biological children of their own "if they have exhausted all other means of assisted reproduction". Thus, cloning would further his belief that "all humans should have the right to have a child, the gift of life". He adds that all people have the right not to be cloned if cloning is against their ethics.
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