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SUMMARY:&quot\;Is nuclear reprogramming a route to cell replacement therap
 y?&quot\; - Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS\, Department of Zoology/Wellcome
  Gurdon Institute
DTSTART:20110121T180000Z
DTEND:20110121T191500Z
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CONTACT:Dr Xavier Moya
DESCRIPTION:Nuclear transplantation to eggs and oocytes can reprogram soma
 tic cell nuclei from an adult pattern of gene expression to that character
 istic of embryos.  This is the first stage of a procedure by which replace
 ment cells can be formed from adult cells of the same individual\, thereby
  eliminating the need for immunosuppression.  A central aim of recent work
  in this field is to analyze the mechanisms by which eggs and ooctyes can 
 rejuvenate a cell from an adult to an embryonic state.
LOCATION:Old Combination Room (OCR)\, Wolfson College
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