Word: cloned
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...kick out of the mythic reverberations, but for the rest of us the story is a thin clothesline on which to hang some terrific computerized beasties (the iguana hashslinger Dexter Jettster, the tall, graceful llama-lamas of planet Kamino) and fab set pieces (a treadmill struggle in the clone factory). Lucas guides these scenes with ingenious care. As for the actors, they're on their own, and it shows...
...Let’s clone her,” Allard said of Whitton. “Look at what she can do. She’s an incredible hitter...
...Episode II, bounty hunter Jango Fett is the template for an army of clone troopers that look like an early version of the Empire's storm troopers. But Jango's only pure clone is his son Boba, who is Luke's formidable opponent...
...banning somatic cell nuclear transfer, one step in the process to clone a human, the bill will also prohibit scientists from developing stem cells that won’t be rejected by a patient’s body, Corlette said...
Even more important, the ethical implications of such a procedure have hardly been explored. Issues of commodification and individuality, issues that touch every person in the most fundamental way, have yet to be engaged by the public to any considerable extent. There is no social consensus on human reproductive cloning and the debate has not even begun. It would be morally irresponsible of any scientist to create a human clone before politicians, philosophers, and religious leaders have a chance to digest and discuss these issues...