English noun: therapeutic cloning | |||
1. | therapeutic cloning (act) 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 | ||
Synonyms | biomedical cloning | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cloning, nuclear transplantation, SCNT, somatic cell nuclear transfer, somatic cell nuclear transplantation | ||