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'''Flash cloning''' is a [[human]] medical process most commonly used to clone body parts.<ref name="fs125">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 125''</ref> Cells used during cloning must be taken from specific regions within the body. The process can be used to create organs, skin, [[blood]], or other body parts needed by recipients in a short span of time. This allows the creation of blood cells for use in blood transfusions, or the manufacturing of nerve cells to repair certain types of paralysis.<ref name="enc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 225'' (2011)</ref> | '''Flash cloning''' is a [[human]] medical process most commonly used to clone body parts.<ref name="fs125">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 125''</ref> Cells used during cloning must be taken from specific regions within the body. The process can be used to create organs, skin, [[blood]], or other body parts needed by recipients in a short span of time. This allows the creation of blood cells for use in blood transfusions, or the manufacturing of nerve cells to repair certain types of paralysis.<ref name="enc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 225'' (2011)</ref> | ||
==Organ cloning== | ==Organ and limb cloning== | ||
The use of donor tissue to grow replacement organs and limbs is a mature technology and has been utilized for centuries.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=29}} | |||
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> There is a risk of genetic damage and growth errors with flash cloning.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
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> | 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> | ||
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[[Adun Saly]] prepared the clone, warning her that the procedure would be very painful, but providing her with a paralyzing agent in order to keep the clone still. Halsey and Adun extracted the needed neural substrate from the clone, drilling in through her left eye. The process killed the clone, but succeeded in creating Cortana. Adun subsequently dissolved the clone's body in a tank.{{Ref/Film|Id=Emergence|TV|Episode=[[Emergence]]}} | [[Adun Saly]] prepared the clone, warning her that the procedure would be very painful, but providing her with a paralyzing agent in order to keep the clone still. Halsey and Adun extracted the needed neural substrate from the clone, drilling in through her left eye. The process killed the clone, but succeeded in creating Cortana. Adun subsequently dissolved the clone's body in a tank.{{Ref/Film|Id=Emergence|TV|Episode=[[Emergence]]}} | ||
After Halsey suddenly went into unexplained seizures and experiences nosebleeds, | After [[John-117/Silver|John-117's]] memories of his kidnapping were unlocked by the [[Eridanus II]] [[keystone]], he recalled being replaced with a flash clone by Halsey's forces.{{Ref/Film|Id=Reckoning|TV|Episode=[[Reckoning]]}} With the committee needing a scapegoat for the recent troubles with the Spartan program, Parangosky later had Halsey questioned by [[Major]] [[Ira Halal/Silver|Ira Halal]] about her illegal cloning practices before John interrupted them. [[Telepresence unit|Secretly observed]] by Parangosky, [[Jacob Keyes/Silver|Jacob Keyes]] and [[Miranda Keyes/Silver|Miranda Keyes]], Halsey explained how the Spartans had been replaced by genetically-compromised flash clones to hide the kidnappings of the children. The clones experienced nosebleed and headaches and died a short time later. The clones' deaths were then put down to an undiagnosed seizure disorder by the doctors.{{Ref/Film|Id=Solace|TV|Episode=[[Solace (TV Series)|Solace]]}} | ||
the clone died before she could answer any of Miranda's questions.{{Ref/Film|TV|Episode=[[Transcendence]]}} | |||
After Halsey suddenly went into unexplained seizures and experiences nosebleeds, Miranda, {{Ref/Reuse|Transcendence}} recalling what Halsey had told John,{{Ref/Reuse|Solace}} realized that her mother had replaced herself with another flash clone in order to escape. However, the clone died before she could answer any of Miranda's questions.{{Ref/Film|Id=Transcendence|TV|Episode=[[Transcendence]]}} | |||
Six months later, [[James Ackerson/Silver|James Ackerson]] would send in clones of a young girl named Julia to torment a captive Halsey, but they would all die whenever Halsey would attempt to get answers to her questions.{{Ref/Film|TV|Episode=[[Sword (TV Series)|Sword]]}} Halsey later revealed to Ackerson that she had recognized Julia as his sister [[Julia Ackerson]] who had died after her Spartan augmentations failed. When Ackerson euthanized his dementia-addled father before abandoning Reach, he left a clone of Julia with their father as a way of comforting him in his final moments.{{Ref/Film|Id=Visegrád|TV|Episosde=[[Visegrád (TV Series)|Visegrád]]}} | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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*''[[Hunt the Truth]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Hunt the Truth]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'' | *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: The Television Series]]'' | *''[[Halo: The Television Series Season One]]'' | ||
**''[[Contact]]'' | **''[[Contact]]'' | ||
**''[[Unbound]]'' | **''[[Unbound]]'' | ||
**''[[Emergence]]'' | **''[[Emergence]]'' | ||
**''[[Reckoning]]'' | **''[[Reckoning]]'' {{c|Flashback only}} | ||
**''[[Solace (TV Series)|Solace]]'' | **''[[Solace (TV Series)|Solace]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
**''[[Transcendence]]'' | **''[[Transcendence]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: The Television Series Season Two]]'' | |||
**''[[Sword (TV Series)|Sword]]'' | |||
**''[[Visegrád (TV Series)|Visegrád]]'' | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||