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Somatic cell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Somatic cells are any cells forming the body of an organism, as opposed to germline cells. In mammals, germline cells (also known as "gametes") are the spermatozoa and ova which fuse during fertiliza...
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Somatic cell nuclear transfer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In genetics and developmental biology, somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is a laboratory technique for creating an ovum with a donor nucleus. ... Somatic cell — A somatic cell is generally taken to mean any cell forming the body of an organism. Somatic cells, by definition, are not germline cells. In mammals, ... >
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Because of that, a more precise term for these cells is somatic stem cell, meaning "of the body." Until recently, it was felt that adult stem cells could only create similar types of cells. For instance, it was thought that stem cells residing in the bone marrow could give rise only to blood cells.
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, 10/18). Somatic cell nuclear transfer is conducted by inserting the genetic material from a patient's cell -- usually from a skin cell -- into an unfertilized egg from another person.
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AAMC issue brief on Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (Therapeutic Cloning) ... Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) or therapeutic cloning involves removing the nucleus of an unfertilized egg cell, replacing it with the material from the nucleus of a "somatic cell" (a skin, heart, or nerve cell, for example),
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