human embryonic stem cell

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

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When voters approved the initial $3 billion in 2004, President George W. Bush’s administration had banned the use of federal funds for research using newly created human embryonic stem cell lines.

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Federal funding resumed in 2009, and thus far this year the National Institutes of Health has spent about $321 million on human embryonic stem cell research.

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At that time, the George W. Bush administration had banned the use of federal funds for research using newly created human embryonic stem cell lines.

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At least 10 of the board’s 15 members have publicly opposed abortion, fetal tissue research, human embryonic stem cell research, contraception or a combination of these.

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