Definitions for "Somatic cell nuclear transfer"
The transfer of a cell nucleus from a somatic cell into an egg from which the nucleus has been removed.
The transfer of a cell nucleus from a somatic cell into an egg (oocyte) whose nucleus has been removed.
(SCNT) Transfer of the nucleus of a somatic cell into a secondary oocyte or zygote from which the egg or zygote's chromosomes have been removed, in such a way that cleavage still occurs, in effect causing the cell's nucleus to 'bud', or reproduce without genetic recombination, and hence a form of asexual reproduction or cloning now commonly used for reproductive cloning in animals and, it is hoped, for therapeutic cloning to create embryonic stem cells for treatment of serious degenerative disease and cancers.