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human embryonic stem cell

British  

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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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

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

Developmental biologist Alexander Meissner of Harvard University in Cambridge and his team reported that epigenetic and genetic variation was similar across 20 human embryonic stem cell lines and 12 iPS cell lines.

From Nature • May 18, 2011

ACT's product is a human embryonic stem cell trained to become a retinal cell.

From Reuters • Oct. 11, 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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