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It's me again

By Liz Else

25 August 2001

THINK the unthinkable. It is 2007. Against the odds, Severino Antinori,
Panayiotis Zavos and Brigitte Boisselier have prevailed. There are clones,
everywhere.

As we slowly get used to the sight of mother/father accompanied by infant
replica, moral panic against the Mini-Me is giving way to very concrete
psychological problems.

The clone counsellors, as they are known in the trade, struggle to keep up
with demand from anxious parents—and a few precocious children. One of the
most pressing problems they face is Fragile Childhood Syndrome.

This is a typical case. Tom, 41, has been living with Margie, 40, for 15…

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