somatic cell nuclear transfer

noun

1. another name for therapeutic cloning

Example Sentences

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

From Reuters

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

And it all began with Dolly the sheep: she was cloned in 1996 using a method called somatic cell nuclear transfer.

From The Verge

In 1996, Dolly the sheep became the first mammal cloned using a technique called somatic cell nuclear transfer.

From National Geographic

The cloned macaque monkeys are the latest application of a test-tube technique called somatic cell nuclear transfer pioneered 20 years ago with the creation of the cloned sheep named Dolly.

From Wall Street Journal