embryonic stem cell

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1. Cells obtained from an embryo in the blastula phase, when they are still only a few days old. Because they have only begun to differentiate, these cells have the capability of developing into any cell in the human body, a fact which makes them potentially important in medicine. (See stem cell.)

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embryonic stem cell

The policy was based on a misunderstanding of embryonic stem cell science, which made it, in Mooney’s words, “a policy based on science fiction.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025

But rather than allow it to develop into a clone of the patient - the so-called embryonic stem cell could be coaxed into becoming nerve cells which could replace the damaged parts of his brain.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2023

Human embryonic stem cell research involves ethical issues.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018

US President Barack Obama lifts the ban on federal funding of new human embryonic stem cell lines.

From Nature ● Dec. 6, 2016

In 2001, seven years after her husband announced that he had Alzheimer’s disease, Mrs. Reagan broke with President George W. Bush and endorsed embryonic stem cell research.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2016