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nuclear transplantation

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Noun1.nuclear transplantation - moving a cell nucleus and its genetic material from one cell to another
biological research - scientific research conducted by biologists
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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That bill actually allowed the human cloning procedure, calling it "nuclear transplantation," but banned two things: (1) "implanting or attempting to implant the product of nuclear transplantation into a uterus or the functional equivalent of a uterus"; and (2) maintaining such a cloned human embryo for "more than 14 days from its first cell division," not counting time spent in a freezer.
The new legislation, which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary chaired by Specter, would allow embryonic stem cell research' known as somatic cell nuclear transplantation, to proceed under strict oversight from the federal government.
In nuclear transplantation in animals, researchers place DNA from an existing animal inside an egg they've stripped of its own DNA.
 
 
 
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