title: Human somatic cell reprogramming: does the egg know best?
abstract: Somatic cell nuclear transfer offers an alternative approach to the use of exogenous transcription factors for the reprogramming of somatic cells. But is it a better way? Two groups have performed detailed molecular comparisons between human cell lines made by the two methods and report different conclusions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Genea Biocells Pty Limited, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia. Electronic address: colman@fas.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colman
authors.affiliation: Gaibian Associates, 257 River Valley Road, Singapore 138638.
authors.forename: Justine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burley
mesh_terms: D018392:Genomic Imprinting / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D059645:Mutation Rate; D053652:Nuclear Transfer Techniques; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics*; D039904:Pluripotent Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*