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 .)

Example Sentences

The use of human embryonic material was controversial and so research into so-called therapeutic cloning was banned in many countries, including several states in the US.

From BBC

This was in part because of the difficulty of achieving agreement about rules for reproductive cloning to create a child, versus therapeutic cloning to create biologically compatible tissue to treat an existing person10.

From Nature

Known as “therapeutic cloning”, it’s a way to create powerful embryonic stem cells genetically identical to those of the donor adult – say, as a source of replacement tissue.

From The Guardian

The process offered, in theory, the same potential pay-off as therapeutic cloning — a limitless supply of pluripotent cells that are genetically matched to a patient — but without the ethical quandaries.

From Nature

This kind of therapeutic cloning could help researchers to develop genetically matched stem-cell therapies that are less likely to be rejected.

From Nature