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  • n  nuclear transplantation of a patient's own cells to make an oocyte from which immune-compatible cells (especially stem cells) can be derived for transplant
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  • Stem Cells Created From Adult Cells
    Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online In a significant breakthrough a team of scientists from California and Seoul, South Korea have been able to create viable stem cells from an adult donor that perfectly match the donor’s DNA, according to a new report in the journal Cell Stem Cell . The development, referred to as "therapeutic cloning,” involves the production of embryonic cells ...
    April 18, 2014 - redOrbit
  • In a cloning first, scientists create stem cells from adults
    Scientists have moved a step closer to the goal of creating stem cells perfectly matched to a patient's DNA in order to treat diseases, they announced on Thursday, creating patient-specific cell lines out of the skin cells of two adult men. The advance, described online in the journal Cell Stem Cell, is the first time researchers have achieved "therapeutic cloning" of adults. Technically called ...
    April 17, 2014 - Reuters via Yahoo! Finance

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