Stem Cell Related Patent Number US6107543

Culture of totipotent embryonic inner cells mass cells and production of bovine animals

Sims, Michelle M.; Stoughton, WI, USA
First, Neal L.; Madison, WI, USA

Described herein are novel methods of producing a bovine animal. The invention differs somewhat from the standard somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) process, also known as cloning. Rather than inserting an adult cell into an enucleated oocyte in order to establish a cloned embryo, methods of this invention involve the transfer of