The Raelian's Clonaid is a company that claims to be the "first human cloning company in the world." Clonaid was founded in 1997 by the Raelian leader, Claud Vonihon. The company was then given to Dr. Brigitte Boisselier.http://www.clonaid.com/page.php?7
In December 2002, Boisselier claimed that Clonaid successfully created the world's first human clone, a baby girl, nicknamed "Eve." She did not provide any more details.http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0212/27/bn.06.html
What Clonaid Does
Today, the Clonaid website provides an overview of the 'cloning' process. They ask that applicants fill out a contact form, speak to a Clonaid representative and meet with their medical team for and evaluation. After this they say that they'll "obtain cells from the donor" (person who is being cloned), prepare the donor for 'cloning', retrieve the eggs from the patient (or person donating eggs), transfer the donor cells into the egg, implant the clone embryo back into the patient (or surrogate). The website goes on to say, "The baby, a genetic twin or “clone” of the cell donor, will be delivered and a new human life – that of the desired child – will begin!" They also claim that their success rate is "similar to those of other assisted reproduction techniques."http://www.clonaid.com/page.php?8
