SPARE PARTS

2004

SPARE PARTS IS AN INVESTIGATION INOT THE WAYS IN WHICH MEDICAL SCIENCE IS PRONE TO INTERFERING WITH THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH OUR OWN BODIES AND EACH OTHER. THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGY OF CLONING AND GENETIC MANIPULATION HAVE GREAT POTENTIAL TO MANIPULATE HUMANS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE SOME BIOTECHNOLOGISTS WORKING TOWARDS THE CREATING HEADLESS ANIMALS, SUCH AS CHICKENS, WHICH CAN BE FED VIA TUBES PLACED INTO THEIR GULLET, AND THEIR LIFE IS SUSTAINED THROUGH ENSURING ONLY THEIR BRAIN STEM REMAINS. SOME SCIENTISTS HOPE THIS TECHNOLOGY COULD BE APPLIED TO HUMANS, WITH NO FACE AND ONLY A BRAIN STEM, THEY ARE NOT HUMAN, AND CAN BE BRED FOR BODY PARTS.