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somatic cell
noun
Any normal cell of an organism that is not involved in reproduction; a cell that is not on the germline.
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"Somatic cell gene therapy is extremely inefficient," he said.
(c) Somatic cell count (SCC) in milk.
NF-κB regulation of somatic cell reprogramming.
According to DairyCo, low somatic cell counts can yield better-tasting milk that's also more suitable for yoghurt and cheese production than milk with high somatic cell counts.
Xu, Y. et al. Transcriptional control of somatic cell reprogramming.
This reproduction might involve somatic cell nuclear transfer, or it might use some other technology.
The technical term for this procedure is interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer, or interspecies cloning.
Thus far, Crispr is too new for any somatic cell editing therapy to have entered clinical trials.
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Human cloning by somatic cell nuclear transfer would work essentially the same way.
Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, writes subheadings like "Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Is Fundamentally Different".
Embryonic Development following Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Impeded by Persisting Histone Methylation.
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