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Panos Zavos

Dr. Panagiotis Zavos (Παναγιώτης Ζαβός, or Panos Zavos, Πάνος Ζαβός) is a Greek-Cypriot geneticist from Cyprus.

Table of contents
1 His Claims
2 Criticism
3 Zavos on Cloning Ethics
4 See also
5 External links

His Claims

He has made controversial claims about human cloning.

2002

Dr. Zavos declared the year 2002 as "the year of human clones".

See Zavos declares 2002 "the year of human clones" (in Greek)

2003

On May 20 2003 he announced the creation of a human clone.

See News report in Greek.

2004

On January 17 2004 from London he announced again the creation of a human clone.

See:

Criticism

On both announcements he gave no satisfactory evidence and other
scientists doubt his claimed accomplishments.

In 2002 Spyros Simitis, the brother of Costas Simitis, characterised Zavos' claims as "scientific barbarism". He expressed his opinion that if human cloning become reality it will mean the "end of human freedom and evolution". He also referred to the possible usage of cloning by the governments for controlling and shaping the society according to government's will.

Zavos on Cloning Ethics

Panos Zavos says that the Bible writes "don't kill" but not "don't clone" and that it does not expain how humans should reproduce. He clarifies that everyone has the right to not be cloned if cloning is against their ethics.

See also

External links

News reports

English

Greek





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