fibroblast
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The signal is a protein called fibroblast growth factor that is made within the embryo.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2024
"The reason is that the excess vasculature is often accompanied by the growth of fibroblast cells," he says.
From Science Daily • May 2, 2024
Fusing a ferret fibroblast with an egg cell made an embryo, and a clone - Elizabeth Ann the black-footed ferret - was born in December of 2020.
From BBC • May 19, 2022
Just like T cells engineered outside the body in traditional CAR-T therapy, they use the mRNA instructions to become primed to target and kill the fibroblast cells displaying FAP.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 5, 2022
As you might expect, a fibrocyte, a less active form of fibroblast, is the second most common cell type in connective tissue proper.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
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