nuclear transfer

British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Reproductive cloning of animals uses a process called somatic cell nuclear transfer.

From Reuters • May 25, 2023

Somatic cell nuclear transfer is the technique of transferring a diploid nucleus into an enucleated egg.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

This approach provided a useful visual marker to confirm that the resulting animals obtained from nuclear transfer were indeed derived from the transferred nucleus, and not from existing material in the egg.

From Nature • Oct. 13, 2019

But using this method, called somatic cell nuclear transfer, on humans could be extremely unsafe, because the clone could have serious developmental disorders, Knoepfler says.

From The Verge • Aug. 11, 2017

Zhang reportedly used an approach called spindle nuclear transfer to create five human embryos.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 27, 2016