therapeutic cloning

noun

1. the permitted creation of cloned human tissues for surgical transplant

therapeutic cloning

/ thĕr′ə-pyo̅o̅′tĭk /

1. The production of embryonic stem cells for use in replacing or repairing damaged tissues or organs, achieved by transferring a diploid nucleus from a body cell into an egg whose nucleus has been removed. The stem cells are harvested from the blastocyst that develops from the egg, which, if implanted into a uterus, could produce a clone of the nucleus donor.

therapeutic cloning

1. A type of cloning with the goal of harvesting embryonic stem cells from the resulting blastula to grow tissues and other biological products with therapeutic value. ( See clone ; compare reproductive cloning .)