Clone

Of course someone had to try to clone a human. You knew someone would try it, just to elicit the collective, "By All That Is Holy, NO." It's the Kevorkian syndrome, you get jazzed by going against the flow. I get that whenever I sing in public. Anyway:

Scientist contends he tried five times in a foreign lab
By Gareth Cook, Globe Staff | July 21, 2006

The first-ever scientific paper detailing an attempt to create a cloned child was published yesterday, raising concerns that the author may eventually succeed in an effort most researchers believe is ethically troubling and dangerous.

It is troubling. And this is just a step on the road that will end with some other scientist saying, "Sure it's a monster but the spirit of Science mandated that we try."

As usual, South Park already covered this:

MR. MEPHESTO
It's thanks to the wonder of genetic
engineering that soon there will be
an end to hunger, disease, pollution,
even war. I've created things that
will change the world for the better --
(pointing)
-- For instance, here is a monkey
with four asses.

KYLE
(To Stan)
How does that make the world better?

MR. MEPHESTO
And here, of course, is my four-assed
ostrich, and my four-assed mongoose.

The Boys look increasingly confused.

STAN
Do you have anything besides just
animals with four asses?

MR. MEPHESTO
Oh, well, I suppose so... Ah yes,
over here --

Mephesto points to some odd-looking animals.

MR. MEPHESTO
Here I have rats spliced with ducks...
And gorillas spliced with mosquitos.
And here I have rabbits spliced with
fish to make little bunny fish!!

In a tank, four fish with bunny ears swim around. Cartman
looks at them closely and notices that the bunny ears have
little strings attached to them.

CARTMAN
Hey... These bunny ears are tied on
with little strings!

MR. MEPHESTO
And over here is swiss cheese spliced
with chalk... And a beard.