Eukaryotic cells may be classified broadly as either germ cells (sex cells, or gametes) or all the other body cells, known as somatic cells. Somatic cell genetics, strictly speaking, means genetic studies of cells other than germ cells, but it is...

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Somatic cells are any cells forming the body of an organism, as opposed to germline cells. In mammals, germline cells (also known as "gametes") are the spermatozoa and ova which fuse during fertilization to produce a cell called a zygote, from which the...

Gene therapies and other advanced treatments for diseases such as cancer and Parkinson's will have to be authorized by European Union regulators under rules approved by EU governments Tuesday.The new guidelines classify gene therapy, somatic cell therapy and tissue engineering as medical procedures, make all...

Got a problem with milk? Better not rip off the industry's well-known marketing slogan to express it.Milk processors are demanding that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals end a publicity campaign that asks "Got pus? Milk does."PETA, which advocates a dairy-free diet, has plastered...

A cloned pig whose genes were altered to make it glow fluorescent green has passed on the trait to its young, a development that could lead to the future breeding of pigs for human transplant organs, a Chinese university reported.Two of the 11 piglets glow...