Editing Human cloning (section)

==In popular culture==
{{Further|Cloning#In popular culture}}

Science fiction has used cloning, most commonly and specifically human cloning, due to the fact that it brings up controversial questions of identity.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hopkins|first=Patrick|title=How Popular media represent cloning as an ethical problem|journal=The Hastings Center Report|jstor=3527566|publisher=The Hastings Center|volume=28|issue=2|pages=6–13|date=1998|doi=10.2307/3527566|pmid=9589288}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csustan.edu/honors/documents/journals/thresholds/Delacruz.pdf |first=Yvonne A. |last=De La Cruz |title=Science Fiction Storytelling and Identity: Seeing the Human Through Android Eyes |website=CSUStan.edu |publisher=California State University, Stanislaus |access-date=19 August 2012 |archive-date=28 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928163727/http://www.csustan.edu/honors/documents/journals/thresholds/Delacruz.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Humorous fiction, such as ''[[Multiplicity (film)|Multiplicity]]'' (1996)<ref>{{cite web| first= Roger| last= Ebert| url= http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/multiplicity-1996| website= RogerEbert.com| title= Multiplicity| access-date= 15 September 2016| archive-date= 22 January 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170122153343/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/multiplicity-1996| url-status= live}}</ref> and the Maxwell Smart feature ''[[The Nude Bomb]]'' (1980), have featured human cloning.<ref>{{cite web| title= The Nude Bomb| website= DVDTalk.com| url= http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/33911/nude-bomb-the/| first= Todd Jr.| last= Douglass| date= 12 July 2008| access-date= 15 September 2016| archive-date= 29 October 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161029114651/http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/33911/nude-bomb-the/| url-status= live}}</ref> A recurring sub-theme of cloning fiction is the use of clones as a supply of [[Organ (anatomy)|organs]] for [[Organ transplants|transplantation]]. Robin Cook's 1997 novel ''[[Chromosome 6 (novel)|Chromosome 6]]'', Michael Bay's ''[[The Island (2005 film)|The Island]]'', and Nancy Farmer's 2002 novel ''House of the Scorpion''<ref>{{Citation |last=Farmer |first=Nancy |title=The house of the scorpion |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/869241449 |isbn=978-1-4676-6586-5 |oclc=869241449 |access-date=7 May 2022}}</ref> are examples of this; ''Chromosome 6'' also features [[genetic manipulation]] and [[xenotransplantation]].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.mouthshut.com/review/Chromosome-6-Robin-Cook-review-qpuotlmpt| title= A Chiller Thriller| author= tech-writer| date= 30 September 2005| access-date= 15 September 2016| archive-date= 16 September 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160916041728/http://www.mouthshut.com/review/Chromosome-6-Robin-Cook-review-qpuotlmpt| url-status= live}}</ref> The ''[[Star Wars]]'' saga makes use of millions of human clones to form the [[Clone Trooper|Grand Army of the Republic]] that participated in the [[Clone Wars (Star Wars)|Clone Wars]]. The series ''[[Orphan Black]]'' follows human clones' stories and experiences as they deal with issues and react to being the property of a chain of scientific institutions.<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2014/04/18/orphan-black-everything-you-forgot-from-season-1-that-you-need-to-remember/?noredirect=on | title= 'Orphan Black': Everything you forgot from Season 1 that you need to remember | author= Emily Yahr | newspaper= [[The Washington Post]] | date= 18 April 2014 | access-date= 11 July 2019 | archive-date= 27 January 2021 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210127202223/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2014/04/18/orphan-black-everything-you-forgot-from-season-1-that-you-need-to-remember/?noredirect=on | url-status= live }}</ref> In the 2019 horror film ''[[Us (2019 film)|Us]]'', the entirety of the United States' population is secretly cloned. Years later, these clones (known as The Tethered) reveal themselves to the world by successfully pulling off a mass genocide of their counterparts.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/us/280039/us-the-tethered-explained| title= Us: Who Are the Tethered?| author= Daniel Kurland| date= 23 May 2019| access-date= 11 July 2019| archive-date= 1 July 2019| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190701160201/https://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/us/280039/us-the-tethered-explained| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/us-ending-explained-could-be-a-sequel-1196643| title = 'Us' Ending Explained: Could There Be A Sequel?| author = Jason Spiegel| website = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]| date = 23 March 2019| access-date = 11 July 2019| archive-date = 11 July 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190711060622/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/us-ending-explained-could-be-a-sequel-1196643| url-status = live}}</ref> 

In the 2005 novel ''[[Never Let Me Go (novel)|Never Let Me Go]]'', [[Kazuo Ishiguro]] crafts a subtle exploration into the ethical complications of cloning humans for medical advancement and longevity.