The fertility 'expert' with a murky past

Panos Zavos has become infamous for claiming to have created the first cloned human embryo.

But Dr Zavos, from Lexington, Kentucky, is not a doctor of medicine - he has a PhD in reproductive physiology. Doctors in the field say he is "immoral and unethical". An Evening Standard probe found that he was:

In 2001, Dr Zavos left the University of Kentucky, where he was a professor, saying that he had been under duress because of his controversial work. Records show he carried out no cloning work there.

Scientists at the hospital said he lacked the expertise to do the cloning himself. Dr Zavos last year claimed to have created a cloned human embryo and then to have successfully implanted it in a woman patient. Although the experiment subsequently failed, Dr Zavos refused to say where the work was carried out.