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Samuel H. Wood is a scientist noted for donating DNA
DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetics instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and some viruses....
 that was used in somatic cell nuclear transfer
Somatic cell nuclear transfer

In genetics and developmental biology, somatic cell nuclear transfer is a laboratory technique for creating a clonal embryo, using an ovum with a donor nucleus ....
 (SCNT) to produce mature human embryos that were clones of Dr Wood. In January 2008, Wood and Andrew French, Stemagen's
Stemagen

Stemagen is a corporation headed by Samuel H. Wood, notable for cloning adult skin cells. On January, 2008, Dr. Andrew French, Stemagen's chief scientific officer and Wood in California, announced that they successfully created the first 5 mature human embryos using DNA from adult skin cells, aiming to provide a less-controversial source of v...
 chief scientific officer in California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, announced that they had successfully created the first 5 mature human embryos using DNA
DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetics instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and some viruses....
 from adult skin cells, aiming to provide a less-controversial source of viable embryonic stem cells.






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Samuel H. Wood is a scientist noted for donating DNA
DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetics instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and some viruses....
 that was used in somatic cell nuclear transfer
Somatic cell nuclear transfer

In genetics and developmental biology, somatic cell nuclear transfer is a laboratory technique for creating a clonal embryo, using an ovum with a donor nucleus ....
 (SCNT) to produce mature human embryos that were clones of Dr Wood. In January 2008, Wood and Andrew French, Stemagen's
Stemagen

Stemagen is a corporation headed by Samuel H. Wood, notable for cloning adult skin cells. On January, 2008, Dr. Andrew French, Stemagen's chief scientific officer and Wood in California, announced that they successfully created the first 5 mature human embryos using DNA from adult skin cells, aiming to provide a less-controversial source of v...
 chief scientific officer in California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, announced that they had successfully created the first 5 mature human embryos using DNA
DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetics instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and some viruses....
 from adult skin cells, aiming to provide a less-controversial source of viable embryonic stem cells. Dr. Wood and a colleague donated skin cells, and the DNA from those cells was transferred to human eggs. It is not clear if the embryos produced would have been capable of further development, but Dr. Wood stated that if that were possible, using the technology for reproductive cloning would be both unethical and illegal. The 5 cloned embryos, created in Stemagen Corporation lab, in La Jolla, were later destroyed.

Dr. Wood is an M.D. and a Ph.D., and is an acclaimed reproductive endocrinologist in San Diego who specializes in infertility. He is the founder and Medical Director at Reproductive Sciences Center and the surrogacy agency, the Select Surrogate. In addition to being a medical doctor, Dr. Wood's distinguished academic background includes a Master's degree in Psychology and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics. After a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina, he completed a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at UCSD and is Board Certified in both Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, achieving both certifications in the minimal time possible. He is also CEO of Stemagen corporation.

Dr. Wood and five other researchers published their findings in the online research journal Stem Cells, in an article entitled Development of Human cloned Blastocyst Following Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) with Adult Fibroblasts.

Miodrag Stojkovic
Miodrag Stojkovic

Miodrag Stojkovic is a Serbs researcher in genetics with the Institute of Human Genetics at Newcastle University. He holds a PhD from the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich....
, a researcher and peer reviewer of the paper publishing the findings, responded to critics' claims that the work is not groundbreaking: "Stemagen's work is the first time anyone has documented that this could be done with adult skin cells."

See also

  • Human cloning
    Human cloning

    Human cloning is the creation of a genetics identical copy of a human being, human cell , or human biological tissue....
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  • by Andrew J. French, Cathrine A. Adams, Linda S. Anderson, John R. Kitchen, Marcus R. Hughes and Samuel H. Wood. Published in the online journal Stem Cells published by AlphaMed Press January 17, 2008. DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2007-0252