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human embryonic stem cell

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noun

  1.  hESC.  a stem cell obtained from the blastocyst of a human embryo

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

From Nature • Dec. 6, 2016

Surgeons in London have carried out a pioneering human embryonic stem cell operation in an ongoing trial to find a cure for blindness for many patients.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2015

Besides Geron, only one other company -- Massachusetts-based Advanced Cell Technology -- has a human embryonic stem cell treatment close to FDA approval.

From Reuters • Oct. 11, 2010

Chinese labs have produced at least 25 human embryonic stem cell lines and perhaps as many as 70.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2010

That is a tiny step, at best, toward therapies for people but, Keirstead says, "I've never seen anything that looks as good as the human embryonic stem cell."

From Time Magazine Archive

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