▁f used ▁by ▁inserting ▁the ▁som atic ▁cell ▁into ▁the ▁' empty ' ▁ov um . ▁After ▁being ▁inserted ▁into ▁the ▁egg , ▁the ▁som atic ▁cell ▁nucle us ▁is ▁re program med ▁by ▁its ▁host ▁egg ▁cell . ▁The ▁ov um , ▁now ▁containing ▁the ▁som atic ▁cell ' s ▁nucle us , ▁is ▁stim ulated ▁with ▁a ▁shock ▁and ▁will ▁begin ▁to ▁divide . ▁The ▁egg ▁is ▁now ▁vi able ▁and ▁capable ▁of ▁producing ▁an ▁adult ▁organ ism ▁containing ▁all ▁the ▁necessary ▁gen etic ▁information ▁from ▁just ▁one ▁parent . ▁Development ▁will ▁ens ue ▁normally ▁and ▁after ▁many ▁mit otic ▁divisions , ▁this ▁single ▁cell ▁forms ▁a ▁bl asto c yst ▁( an ▁early ▁stage ▁emb ry o ▁with ▁about ▁ 1 0 0 ▁cells ) ▁with ▁an ▁identical ▁gen ome ▁to ▁the ▁original ▁organ ism ▁( i . e . ▁a ▁clone ). ▁St em ▁cells ▁can ▁then ▁be ▁obtained ▁by ▁the ▁destruction ▁of ▁this ▁clone ▁emb ry o ▁for ▁use ▁in ▁th era pe ut ic ▁cl oning ▁or ▁in ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁re product ive ▁cl oning ▁the ▁clone ▁emb ry o ▁is ▁impl anted ▁into ▁a ▁host ▁mother ▁for ▁further ▁development ▁and ▁brought ▁to ▁term . ▁ ▁App lications ▁ ▁St em ▁cell ▁research ▁Som atic ▁cell ▁nuclear ▁trans plant ation ▁has ▁become ▁a ▁focus ▁of ▁study ▁in ▁stem ▁cell ▁research . ▁The ▁aim ▁of ▁carrying ▁out ▁this ▁procedure ▁is ▁to ▁obtain ▁pl ur ip ot ent ▁cells ▁from ▁a ▁cl oned ▁emb ry o . ▁These