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therapeutic cloning

DEFINITIONS OF: therapeutic cloning

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n 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

Synonyms:
biomedical cloning
Type of:
cloning
a general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell)
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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