Human parthenogenetic embryo stem cells: appreciating what you have when you have it.
In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Kim et al. (2007b) show, by genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism analysis, that human ES cells claimed to originate from a somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) embryo are actually parthenogenetic. This now permits an appreciation of the future therapeutic utility of this type of cell.
De Sousa
Paul A
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Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, UK. paul.desousa@ed.ac.uk
Wilmut
Ian
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D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D053595:Embryonic Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D015894:Genome, Human / Q000235:genetics; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D053652:Nuclear Transfer Techniques; D010312:Parthenogenesis; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics