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While flash cloning entire humans is possible, the procedure is by no means perfect; it is illegal in accordance with the [[UN Colonial Mortal Dictata]]. The process involves the modification of a cloned human embryo, which causes it to develop one hundred times faster than it would have naturally. Many anomalies appear as a result of this abnormal development rate—they lack the [[Wikipedia:muscle memory|muscle memory]] and [[Wikipedia:socialization|socialization]] of their hosts. Though these problems can be remedied with intensive therapy, compounding biological defects cannot be corrected. Rapid flash cloning of such immense volumes of tissue induces gross DNA base-pair errors; congenital defects increase 42 percent and incidents of [[Wikipedia:Parkinson's disease|Parkinson's]]-plus syndromes increase 67 percent. Although a small percentage of flash clones can have a normal life expectancy, most flash clones will start to degenerate from metabolic instability as part of a process called "[[Metabolic Cascade Failure|metabolic cascade failure]]"—death from various neurological and physiological disorders. The average half-life of a flash clone is 14.7 weeks in laboratory conditions.<ref name="journal">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref> | While flash cloning entire humans is possible, the procedure is by no means perfect; it is illegal in accordance with the [[UN Colonial Mortal Dictata]]. The process involves the modification of a cloned human embryo, which causes it to develop one hundred times faster than it would have naturally. Many anomalies appear as a result of this abnormal development rate—they lack the [[Wikipedia:muscle memory|muscle memory]] and [[Wikipedia:socialization|socialization]] of their hosts. Though these problems can be remedied with intensive therapy, compounding biological defects cannot be corrected. Rapid flash cloning of such immense volumes of tissue induces gross DNA base-pair errors; congenital defects increase 42 percent and incidents of [[Wikipedia:Parkinson's disease|Parkinson's]]-plus syndromes increase 67 percent. Although a small percentage of flash clones can have a normal life expectancy, most flash clones will start to degenerate from metabolic instability as part of a process called "[[Metabolic Cascade Failure|metabolic cascade failure]]"—death from various neurological and physiological disorders. The average half-life of a flash clone is 14.7 weeks in laboratory conditions.<ref name="journal">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref> | ||
Dr. Catherine Halsey developed and perfected a technique through which a living person's memories can be [[Mind transfer|transferred]] to a flash clone's brain, thus creating a clone that is virtually identical to | Dr. Catherine Halsey developed and perfected a technique through which a living person's memories can be [[Mind transfer|transferred]] to a flash clone's brain, thus creating a clone that is virtually identical to the original host. This process used a "Fast Fourier Transform X-ray 3-D scan" to map a brain's ionic density patterns. This data could then be used to create a virtual map of every individual link in a brain's neuron pattern. This data would then be used in a deep-stimulating scan of a flash clone's "blank" brain, which would cultivate an identical pattern of linkages and accurately replicate the memories of the host person.<ref name="journal"/> Unfortunately, this memory replication results in an 82 percent rate of dementia, schizophrenia, and [[cancer]]s in the recipient brain.<ref name="journal"/> | ||
This technique was used to create identical clones of the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] candidates, which replaced the children after the candidates were abducted from their homes. Most of the flash clones quickly died natural deaths, which were explained as preexisting genetic disorders,<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page ???''</ref> drawing suspicion away from the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]. Contrary to Halsey's expectations, many of the clones lived far longer than previously estimated based on laboratory conditions,<ref name="journal"/> with at least four surviving until [[2525]].<ref>'''Halo Legends''', ''[[Homecoming]]''</ref> Halsey's attempt to cover up the SPARTAN-II program's use of flash clones (combined with her allegedly selfish motives for using the clones) contributed to her detainment by ONI after the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''', ''pages 346-352''</ref> | This technique was used to create identical clones of the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] candidates, which replaced the children after the candidates were abducted from their homes. Most of the flash clones quickly died natural deaths, which were explained as preexisting genetic disorders,<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page ???''</ref> drawing suspicion away from the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]. Contrary to Halsey's expectations, many of the clones lived far longer than previously estimated based on laboratory conditions,<ref name="journal"/> with at least four surviving until [[2525]].<ref>'''Halo Legends''', ''[[Homecoming]]''</ref> Halsey's attempt to cover up the SPARTAN-II program's use of flash clones (combined with her allegedly selfish motives for using the clones) contributed to her detainment by ONI after the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''', ''pages 346-352''</ref> | ||