Stem cell research

Stem cell research

Stem cell research is the study of stem cells which are biological cells found in all multicellular organisms that grow into all forms of cells and multiply by themselves.

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Hematopoietic stem cells

Medical; Stem cell research

Stem cells that give rise to all the blood cell types

Hematopoietic stem cell

Medical; Stem cell research

Stem cells that give rise to all the blood cell types

Haemotopoietic stem cells

Medical; Stem cell research

Progenitor cells from which all blood cells derive. Haemotopoietic stem cells give rise to distinct two cells - one a replica of the stem cell and one a cell that will further proliferate and ...

Germ cells

Medical; Stem cell research

Cells comprising actual reproductive components of a human organism (e.g., eggs, sperm).

A reproductive cell containing half of the genetic material necessary to form a complete human organism. During fertilization, male and female gametes (sperm and ovum, respectively) fuse, producing a ...