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==Organ cloning== | ==Organ cloning== | ||
The process uses a sample of a human's [[Wikipedia:DNA|DNA]] to grow a cloned organ, which can then be [[Wikipedia:Organ transplant|transplanted]] into the subject who contributed the DNA sample. Usually the organ is programmed to grow at an accelerated rate and cease rapid development when transplanted into the subject. This makes the method viable in urgent situations, where patients cannot afford to spend years waiting for a normal organ to develop. Since the transplanted organ's DNA matches that of the recipient, the risk of [[Wikipedia:transplant rejection|transplant rejection]] is completely eliminated.{{Ref/Reuse|fs125}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc}} | The process uses a sample of a human's [[Wikipedia:DNA|DNA]] to grow a cloned organ, which can then be [[Wikipedia:Organ transplant|transplanted]] into the subject who contributed the DNA sample. Usually, the organ is programmed to grow at an accelerated rate and cease rapid development when transplanted into the subject. This makes the method viable in urgent situations, where patients cannot afford to spend years waiting for a normal organ to develop. Since the transplanted organ's DNA matches that of the recipient, the risk of [[Wikipedia:transplant rejection|transplant rejection]] is completely eliminated.{{Ref/Reuse|fs125}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc}} | ||
Flash cloning has replaced donated organs as the standard means of organ replacement for both [[civilian]] and military purposes. Organs such as the heart, liver, or the endocrine system can be replaced with cloned parts, which can be used to negate the effects of an unhealthy lifestyle and to extend the lifespan of a human being by decades, as demonstrated by [[Preston Cole|Admiral Preston Cole]].<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', ''"[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]"'', ''pages 485-486''</ref> | Flash cloning has replaced donated organs as the standard means of organ replacement for both [[civilian]] and military purposes. Organs such as the heart, liver, or the endocrine system can be replaced with cloned parts, which can be used to negate the effects of an unhealthy lifestyle and to extend the lifespan of a human being by decades, as demonstrated by [[Preston Cole|Admiral Preston Cole]].<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', ''"[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]"'', ''pages 485-486''</ref> | ||
Certain lost or damaged body parts, such as eardrums, can be grown ''in situ'' on the patient's body. This process is noted as being particularly tedious and requires two weeks of mandatory downtime for military personnel.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 114''</ref> Dedicated cloning facilities allow the growth of the replacement organ within hours after retrieving the patient's DNA. During the [[Fall of Reach]], Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] used the flash clone facility at [[CASTLE Base]] to replace [[Kelly-087]]'s liver and right lung.{{Ref/Reuse|fs125}} Portable flash cloning tanks can be as small as a | Certain lost or damaged body parts, such as eardrums, can be grown ''in situ'' on the patient's body. This process is noted as being particularly tedious and requires two weeks of mandatory downtime for military personnel.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 114''</ref> Dedicated cloning facilities allow the growth of the replacement organ within hours after retrieving the patient's DNA. During the [[Fall of Reach]], Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] used the flash clone facility at [[CASTLE Base]] to replace [[Kelly-087]]'s liver and right lung.{{Ref/Reuse|fs125}} Portable flash cloning tanks can be as small as a shoebox and when used by a medical professional in conjunction with a [[sterile field generator]], can be used to perform organ transplantation surgery in the field.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 140''</ref> | ||
==Human cloning== | ==Human cloning== | ||
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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 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/Reuse|journal}} Unfortunately, this memory replication results in an 82 percent rate of dementia, schizophrenia, and [[cancer]]s in the recipient brain.{{Ref/Reuse|journal}} | 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/Reuse|journal}} Unfortunately, this memory replication results in an 82 percent rate of dementia, schizophrenia, and [[cancer]]s in the recipient's brain.{{Ref/Reuse|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/Reuse|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 of 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/Reuse|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> | ||
==Usage for creating AI== | ==Usage for creating AI== | ||