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nuclear transfer

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nuclear transfer
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) the procedure used to produce the first cloned mammals, in which the nucleus of a somatic cell is transferred into an egg cell whose own nucleus has been removed: this cell is then stimulated by an electric shock to divide and form an embryo


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The guidelines exclude Federal funding for work with any potential stem cell lines derived from cloned human embryos using the procedure known as somatic cell nuclear transfer.
The amendment allowed "somatic cell nuclear transfer," a cloning method in which human embryos are created but destroyed for researchalso known as "clone and kill.
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