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

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

Australian researchers have so far generated over 50 embryonic stem cell lines from surplus embryos, and three research groups have been licensed to attempt somatic cell nuclear transfer.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 8, 2011

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