Editing Somatic cell nuclear transfer (section)

===Interspecies nuclear transfer===
Interspecies nuclear transfer (iSCNT) is a means of somatic cell nuclear transfer being used to facilitate the rescue of endangered species, or even to restore species after their extinction. The technique is similar to SCNT [[cloning]] which typically is between domestic animals and rodents, or where there is a ready supply of oocytes and surrogate animals. However, the cloning of highly endangered or extinct species requires the use of an alternative method of cloning. Interspecies nuclear transfer utilizes a host and a donor of two different organisms that are closely related species and within the same genus. In 2000, [[Robert Lanza]] was able to produce a cloned fetus of a [[gaur]], ''Bos gaurus'', combining it successfully with a domestic cow, ''Bos taurus''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lanza|first=Robert P.|author2=Jose B. Cibelli |author3=Francisca A. Diaz |author4=Carlos T. Moraes |author5=Peter W. Farin |author6=Charlotte E. Farin |author7=Carolyn J. Hammer |author8=Michael D. West |author9=Philip Damiani |title=Cloning of an endangered species (Bos gaurus) using interspecies nuclear transfer|journal=Cloning|year=2000|volume=2|issue=2|pages=79–90|url=http://media.longnow.org/files/2/REVIVE/Cloning%20of%20an%20Endangered%20Species.pdf|access-date=10 December 2013|doi=10.1089/152045500436104|pmid=16218862|citeseerx=10.1.1.455.5842}}</ref>

In 2017, the first cloned [[Bactrian camel]] was born through iSCNT, using oocytes of [[dromedary|dromedary camel]] and skin fibroblast cells of an adult Bactrian camel as donor nuclei.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wani |first1=Nisar Ahmad |last2=Vettical |first2=Binoy S. |last3=Hong |first3=Seung B. |title=First cloned Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) calf produced by interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer: A step towards preserving the critically endangered wild Bactrian camels |journal=PLOS ONE |date=17 May 2017 |volume=12 |issue=5 |pages=e0177800 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0177800 |pmid=28545049 |pmc=5435326 |bibcode=2017PLoSO..1277800W |doi-access=free }}</ref>