Pre-embryos

Pre-embryos

Eggs that are fertilised and develop to approximately 2-3 days old in a laboratory (in vitro fertilization) and are ready for implantation for the purposes of human reproduction or removal of stem cells for the purposes of research.

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Category: Stem cell research
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pre-embryo

Health care; Sexual health

The organism that starts developing at fertilization when the zygote is formed by the joining of an egg and a sperm. It attaches to the lining of the uterus after about seven ...

pre-embryos

Medical; Stem cell research

Eggs that are fertilized and develop to approximately 2-3 days old in a laboratory (in vitro fertilization) and are ready for implantation for the purposes of human reproduction ...

pre-embryo

Medical devices; OBGYN equipment

The fertilised egg that is produced outside the uterus during IVF.

potency

Medical; Stem cell research

The range of commitment options available to a cell.

pluripotent stem cells

Medical; Stem cell research

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 ...