South Dakota § 34-14-26 Definition of terms.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 34-14-26 — Definition of terms.

South Dakota § 34-14-26

Title 34PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

Ch. 34-14MEDICAL RESEARCH

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Terms used in §§ to 34-14-28 , inclusive, mean:

(1)"Human cloning," human asexual reproduction accomplished by introducing the nuclear material of a human somatic cell into a fertilized or unfertilized oocyte whose nucleus has been removed or inactivated to produce a living organism, at any stage of development, with a human or predominantly human genetic constitution;

(2)"Human somatic cell," a diploid cell, having a complete set of chromosomes, obtained or derived from a living or deceased human body at any stage of development;

(3)"Nuclear transplantation," transferring the nucleus of a human somatic cell into an oocyte from which the nucleus or all chromosomes have been or will be removed or rendered inert;

(4)"Nucleus," the cell structure that houses the chromosomes, a

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Terms used in §§ to 34-14-28 , inclusive, mean: (1) "Human cloning," human asexual reproduction accomplished by introducing the nuclear material of a human somatic cell into a fertilized or unfertilized oocyte whose nucleus has been removed or inactivated to produce a living organism, at any stage of development, with a human or predominantly human genetic constitution; (2) "Human somatic cell," a diploid cell, having a complete set of chromosomes, obtained or derived from a living or deceased human body at any stage of development; (3) "Nuclear transplantation," transferring the nucleus of a human somatic cell into an oocyte from which the nucleus or all chromosomes have been or will be removed or rendered inert; (4) "Nucleus," the cell structure that houses the chromosomes, and thus the genes; (5) "Oocyte," the female germ cell, the egg.