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==Human cloning in fiction==
Human cloning has long been a subject of speculation in [[science fiction]]. Science fiction writers have depicted human cloning for many purposes: obtaining comic effects from the presence of duplicate characters; issuing warnings about scientific hubris; and presenting alternative social perspectives. Despite this variety, the image of human cloning in science fiction is most often negative. For example, cloning may be introduced into a narrative to highlight social issues of sameness and conformity.
More specifically, science fiction speculation has included:
* the use of cloning for "spare parts" for transplantation, typically with accelerated growth of the cloned parts
* transferring one's mind into a younger clone body, as a way of achieving immortality
* clones somehow having a telepathic affinity for one another
Apart from the first, these ideas are currently pure speculation.
[[Category:Biotechnology]]
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