Therapeutic cloning promises to provide genetically matched replacement tissue, but non-self mitochondrial proteins derived from the recipient oocyte could render cloned tissue immunogenic. A new study examines this issue.
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Auchincloss, H., Bonventre, J. Transplanting cloned cells into therapeutic promise. Nat Biotechnol 20, 665–666 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0702-665
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