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Noun: therapeutic cloning
  1. 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
    - biomedical cloning

Type of: cloning, nuclear transplantation, SCNT, somatic cell nuclear transfer, somatic cell nuclear transplantation

Encyclopedia: Therapeutic cloning