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Article: U.S. researchers produce cloned embryos from skin cells
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- January 18, 2008
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U.S. researchers produce cloned embryos from skin cells
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Researchers in California
saidThursday that they have produced human clone embryos from adult
skin cells, in an advancement toward developing stem cells which
could be used to cure degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and
Parkinson's.
Scientists used a technique called somatic cell nuclear transfer
(SCNT). They first removed the nuclei of mature egg cellsfrom
healthy young women and then inserted DNA from an adult male donor
into the eggs. The DNA used in the experiment was retrieved from
skin cells called fibroblasts.