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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

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They started with a human embryonic stem cell, editing its TKTL1 gene so that it no longer had the human mutation.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2022

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

Advanced Cell Technology's product is a human embryonic stem cell trained to become a retinal cell.

From Reuters • Nov. 22, 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