somatic cell nuclear transfer

American  

noun

1. Cell Biology. a laboratory procedure in which the nucleus of a somatic cell is transferred into an enucleated egg cell, resulting in the development of a cloned embryo. Abbreviation: SCNT.

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somatic cell nuclear transfer British  

noun

1. another name for therapeutic cloning

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Example Sentences

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

From Reuters • May 25, 2023

The idea was to use a technology that didn’t exist when the zoo had stored the samples: somatic cell nuclear transfer.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 13, 2022

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

This cloning method, called somatic cell nuclear transfer, can be used only on species for which we have cellular material.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2014

After exhaustive ethical review, its researchers announced this summer that they would develop new cell lines through somatic cell nuclear transfer, or therapeutic cloning.

From Time Magazine Archive