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New ways to make living tissue artificially
THE climax of “Sleeper”, a futuristic fantasy from the 1970s that was directed by, and starred, Woody Allen, has Mr Allen’s character throw the preserved, disembodied nose of a dictator beneath a steamroller. In a movie filled with orgasmatrons and car-sized bananas, it is a last absurd gesture that vanquishes the villains. If the film were made today, though, those villains might simply print another nose.
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