In vitrofertilization (IVF)

In vitrofertilization (IVF)

A technique in which an egg is fertilised outside the body. For use in assisted reproduction, the fertilised egg is implanted in the uterus at approximately three to four days of cell division for the purpose of development into a baby. For use in research, the fertilised egg is maintained in cell culture until it develops into the blastocyst stage at approximately five days of cell division and stem cells can be removed.

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in vitrofertilization (IVF)

Medical; Stem cell research

A technique in which an egg is fertilized outside the body. For use in assisted reproduction, the fertilized egg is implanted in the uterus at approximately three to four days of ...

potency

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

The oval spongy structure in the uterus from which the fetus derives its nourishment and oxygen. The placenta develops from the outer cell layer of the blastocyst, called the ...

oocyte

Medical; Stem cell research

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

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