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cloning
a general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell)
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SCNT, nuclear transplantation, somatic cell nuclear transfer, somatic cell nuclear transplantation
moving a cell nucleus and its genetic material from one cell to another
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stem-cell research
research on stem cells and their use in medicine
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reproductive cloning
making a full living copy of an organism; requires a surrogate mother
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biomedical cloning, therapeutic cloning
nuclear transplantation of a patient's own cells to make an oocyte from which immune-compatible cells (especially stem cells) can be derived for transplant
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embryonic stem-cell research
biological research on stem cells derived from embryos and on their use in medicine
