Patent · US Expired

Method for cloning animals with targetted genetic alterations by transfer of long-term cultured male or female somatic cell nuclei, comprising artificially-induced genetic alterations, to enucleated recipient cells

US7071372B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT · US
THE GOVERNOR OF KAGOSHIMA PREFECTURE · JP

Inventors

Xiangzhong Yang · Storrs, US
Chikara Kubota · Kagoshima, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 4, 2001
Grant date	Jul 4, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 21, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA01K2217/05
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An improved method of nuclear transfer employing long-term cultured somatic cells as the donor cells and enucleated oocytes as the recipient cells to produce dividing cybrids. Such cybrids are useful for developing viable animals clones when nurtured in a suitable host environment.

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