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In vitro

A process that takes place in the laboratory (e.g., in cell culture).

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Biology; Neuroscience

Referring to any biological process studied outside of the organism (literally, “in glass”).

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Energy; Nuclear energy

From the Latin for "in glass," isolated from the living organism and artificially maintained, as in a test tube.

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A laboratory experiment or study performed outside the body of a living organism in a test tube, petri dish, or other vessel .

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Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Living in test tubes, outside the organism or in an artificial environment, typically in glass vessels in which cultured cells, tissues, organs or whole plants may reside.

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Plants; Plant pathology

In glass, on artificial media, or in an artificial environment; outside the host.

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Health care; Cancer treatment

In the laboratory (outside the body). The opposite of in vivo (in the body).

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Medical; Stem cell research

The range of commitment options available to a cell.

pluripotent stem cells
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Stem cells that can develop into all the different cell types in the body except the placenta. They give rise to mulitpotent and unipotent stem cells as the embryo develops.

pluripotent
Medical; Stem cell research

Able to form all the body's cell lineages, including germ cells, and some or even all extraembryonic cell types. Example: embryonic stem cells.

plasticity
Medical; Stem cell research

Unproven notion that tissue stem cells may be able to generate the cell types of another tissue under certain conditions.

placenta
Medical; Stem cell research

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An egg before maturation; a female gametocyte; also called an ovocyte.

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