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An early stage embryo of about 100 cells that has not yet implanted into the womb. The blastocyst is a sphere made up of an outer layer of cells, a fluid-filled cavity and cluster of cells inside ...

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

A cell produced during cleavage of a fertilized egg.

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

General term for cell without self-renewal ability that contributes to tissue formation. In some cases it generates tissue stem cells.

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

Precancerous cell that gives rise to a cancer stem cell. May be a mutated stem cell, or a progenitor cell that has acquired self-renewal capacity through mutation.

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

An early stage embryo of about 100 cells that has not yet implanted into the womb. The blastocyst is a sphere made up of an outer layer of cells, a fluid-filled cavity and cluster of cells inside ...

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

Cell division resulting in two daughter cells with different properties. Observed in some but not all stem cells and can occur in other types of progenitor cell.

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

Self-renewing cell responsible for sustaining a cancer and for producing differentiated progeny that form the bulk of the cancer. Cancer stem cells identified in leukaemias and certain solid tumours ...

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

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