In the Honolulu technique, unfertilized eggs are used as the receiver of the donor nuclei. Once the nuclei are removed from receiver cells, the donor cell's nuclei are inserted into them. There is no culturing done on the cells. After one hour, the cell accepts the new nucleus. After five more hours, the egg cell is then placed in a chemical culture which jumpstarts the cell's growth, just like fertilization does in nature. In the culture is a substance that stops the formation of a second cell, which usually forms before fertilization. After the jumpstart, the cell develops into an embryo. This embryo can then be transplanted into a surrogate mother and then carried to term