Dr. Panos Zavos, reproduction specialist from the Andrology Institute of America, discusses human cloning on the next edition of One to One with Bill Goodman. Zavos, along with a team of scientists, headquartered in Lexington, hope to clone a human being within the next two years, a plan that has provoked outrage on both moral and scientific grounds. The program airs Sunday, May 24 at 1 p.m./noon CT on KET1 and Tuesday, May 26 at 7:30/6:30 p.m. CT on KET2.
Zavos discusses the international attention his research has received, his work in fertility clinics around the world and his method of creating an embryo from a human cell. Zavos also talks about his role in Human Cloning, a documentary by British filmmaker Peter Williams, which follows the doctor's controversial work.
In March 2003, Zavos and his team created the first human cloned embryo ready to be transferred into a woman's womb. Zavos discloses why the attempt to place the embryo into a surrogate mother was not successful, and why he believes future attempts to initiate a pregnancy with a cloned embryo will succeed.
Zavos also discusses critics' claims that he is "playing God," the similarities and differences between his method and in-vitro fertilization, and his plans for future research.
One to One with Bill Goodman is a KET production, produced by Goodman and Cindy Asher. Following the broadcast, One to One is available for on-demand videostream viewing at www.ket.org/onetoone and podcasting at www.ket.org/rss.
