Question

Other than ethical issues, what are some of the problems of somatic nuclear transfer?

Answer 1

@Whitemonsterbunny17

Answer 2

@abb0t

Answer 3

I'm unsure, but @Abhisar should be able to help when he is online. (:

Answer 4

You are following me @Whitemonsterbunny17 xD but yeah. @Abhisar could help you bunches

Answer 5

Thank you

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Somatic-cell nuclear transfer is a laboratory technique for creating a viable embryo from a body cell and an egg cell. The technique consists of taking an enucleated oocyte (egg cell) and implanting a donor nucleus from a somatic (body) cell.

Answer 8

Besides ethical issues, there are economical issues also. SCNT is incredibly inefficient. Stresses placed on both the egg cell and the introduced nucleus are enormous, resulting in a low percentage of successfully reprogrammed cells. For example, Dolly the sheep was born after 277 eggs were used for SCNT, which created 29 viable embryos. Only three of these embryos survived until birth, and only one survived to adulthood. As the procedure currently cannot be automated, but has to be performed manually under a microscope, SCNT is very resource intensive.