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Why scientists using skin cells to create embryos is a big deal
Published on: Oct. 1, 2025, 2:30 p.m. | Source: Firstpost
The study published in the journal Nature Communications was conducted by the Oregon Health and Science University and led by the institute’s director, Shoukhrat Mitalipov. Researchers took the nucleus from a human skin cell and implanted it into a donor egg stripped of its own genetic code. This is the same procedure used to create Dolly the Sheep, the world’s first cloned mammal, in 1996. Here’s why this is a big deal
