The cloning machine controversy

According to cell fusion experts, the machine used to create Eve, the 'first human clone', is similar to standard models. The cloning machine went on display at London's Science Museum last week as part of an exhibition on the possible veracity of Clonaid's claim and the potential impact of human cloning on society. The machine, an RMX2010, is very similar to that used to create the first cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep. Variations of this technique, called electrofusion, are now used routinely to produce either animal copies or stocks of cloned human cells for experiments. According to a cell biologist from the University of Cambridge, displaying the machine undermines the Clonaid's claim, rather than add credibility to it. According to Clonaid, their machine uniquely produces stable and very low-voltage currents that get the recipient cell to accept its new contents without damage.
Clonaid has so far refused to give independent investigators access to their three alleged cloned babies. Analysis of the infants and donors DNA would rapidly and conclusively prove or disprove the claims. But in the absence of biological evidence, the properties of the machine are moot.