MadSci Network: Cell Biology
Query:

Subject: Can an existing stem cell from a line be cloned?

Date: Tue Oct 30 08:41:21 2007
Posted by J
Grade level: grad (non-science) School: University
City: No city entered. State/Province: No state entered. Country: Switzerland
Area of science: Cell Biology
ID: 1193758881.Cb
Message:

Whilst writing my master thesis in law on human cloning the following came to 
my mind:
Therapeutic cloning involves taking a somatic cell and fusing it with an 
enucleated oocyte in order to create an embryo for patient specific stem cell 
derivation and culturing a stem cell line.
Well, could one theoretically take a stem cell of such a line (the nucleus), 
fuse it with an enucleated oocyte and then through ''shock'' create an embryo, 
which would be a clone of the stem cell? If so, I have to add this new 
dimension to my legal argument.

Many thanks for your assistance.


Re: Can an existing stem cell from a line be cloned?

Current Queue | Current Queue for Cell Biology | Cell Biology archives

Try the links in the MadSci Library for more information on Cell Biology.



MadSci Home | Information | Search | Random Knowledge Generator | MadSci Archives | Mad Library | MAD Labs | MAD FAQs | Ask a ? | Join Us! | Help Support MadSci


MadSci Network, webadmin@madsci.org
© 1995-2006. All rights reserved.