Talk:Somatic cell nuclear transfer

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Are there organelles besides mitochondria that have DNA/RNA? I'm pretty sure there aren't. 68.6.190.89 04:55, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Only in plants, where chloroplasts have DNA as well. It's just mitochondria in animals. TimVickers 21:39, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 merge with Therapeutic cloning 2 Expansion 3 Citation 4 Vandalism 5 External link

[edit] merge with Therapeutic cloning

I am merging this page with the one on therapeutic cloning. 'Therapeutic cloning' is simply a (misnamed) application of the SCNT process. - User:Jesse Reynolds 23:05, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Expansion

I elaborated the sections on SCNT in stem cell research, controversy, and policy. These were made fairly consistent with the page stem cell controversy. A number of paragraphs were edited, and a few sentences removed, due to inaccuracies. I need to add some footnotes, and plan to do so soon. --Jesse Reynolds 01:24, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citation

I added and improved several references to this article, could editors try to use high-quality peer-reviewed sources in this article, as it deals with a scientific area. Thank you. TimVickers 21:39, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

I corrected some vandalism in the "process" section, but my text may be inaccurate. Could someone follow up for me? ~~Mike

[edit] External link

FAO: Tim Vickers, I agree in principle with your comment posted on the SCNT page. I would however suggest that A) The aforementioned article deals with both reproductive and therapeutic cloning, B) There is no reproductive cloning page on Wikipedia and C) Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) *is* both reproductive and therapeutic cloning as this is the core procedure in both cases, thus I believe it is pertinent to include a discussion of these forms of cloning from a personal perspective, so I have re-included the webpage link. Kind regards, George

Hi George. The article briefly touches on therapeutic cloning and doesn't mention the technology of SCNT at all. Instead it is a discussion of the ethics of reproductive cloning. Reproductive cloning is dealt with in the Human cloning article. I have moved your link to this page. TimVickers 01:07, 18 November 2006 (UTC)