SCNT (somatic cell nuclear transfer) is a technique in which the genetic material from an egg cell is replaced with that of an adult or embryo body cell of the same animal species. Also known as cell nuclear replacement (CNR), or popularly as 'cloning'.
Dolly the sheep became a global scientific celebrity when she was revealed in 1997. This documentary revisits her cloning, exploring both the science behind her creation and the ethical questions that captured the public imagination…
Professor Sir John Gurdon, pioneer of developmental biology and Nobel Prize winner, has died aged 92...
Egg cells have been created from human skin cell DNA, which have then been fertilised with sperm to create embryos...
A rhesus monkey has been successfully cloned and has become the first of its kind to reach adulthood, Chinese scientists have revealed...
Ethicists, Professor Wybo Dondorp and Professor Guido de Wert, summarise the 2021 evaluation of the Dutch Embroys Act with regard to the legal definition of an embryo, and how this relates to the recommendation to lift the ban on creating embryos for research...
Chinese scientists have announced the successful cloning of monkeys using the same method which produced Dolly the Sheep over 20 years ago...
Scientists in the USA have demonstrated how stem cell techniques may benefit people with incurable mitochondrial diseases. The research suggests it might be possible one day to replace diseased tissue in patients affected by the disorders...
Researchers have transformed embryonic stem cells from a diabetic woman into insulin-producing beta cells, a study in Nature reports...
Scientists have used a cloning technique to successfully create human embryonic stem cells from adult cells for the first time...
A technique to generate mouse embryonic stem cells could, if repeated in human cells, improve access to stem cells by using fertilised eggs that would previously have been discarded...
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