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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 ...

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

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

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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 ...

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

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

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

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

Domain: Medical; Category: 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 ...

Domain: Medical; Category: 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 ...

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

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