Stem cell research

Stem cell research

Stem cell research is the study of stem cells which are biological cells found in all multicellular organisms that grow into all forms of cells and multiply by themselves.

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haemotopoietic stem cells

Medical; Stem cell research

Progenitor cells from which all blood cells derive. Haemotopoietic stem cells give rise to distinct two cells - one a replica of the stem cell and one a cell that will further proliferate and ...

germ cells

Medical; Stem cell research

Cells comprising actual reproductive components of a human organism (e.g., eggs, sperm).

A reproductive cell containing half of the genetic material necessary to form a complete human organism. During fertilization, male and female gametes (sperm and ovum, respectively) fuse, producing a ...

daughter cell

Medical; Stem cell research

One of the two or more cells formed in the division of a single cell.

fetus

Medical; Stem cell research

A developing human from the eighth week of gestation to birth.

embryonic stem cells

Medical; Stem cell research

Primitive (undifferentiated) cells that have the potential to become a wide variety of specialized cell types (i.e., cardiac myocytes, neuronal, pancreatic). They are pluripotent cells derived from ...

embryo

Medical; Stem cell research

The developing human organism (a group of cells) that arise from a fertilized egg (after merging of egg and sperm). An embryo does have the potential to become a complete organism. The embryonic ...