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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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Stem cell research
Immortal strand
Medical; Stem cell research
The hypothesis of selective retention of parental DNA strands during asymmetric self-renewal. Potential mechanism to protect stem cells from the mutations associated with replication.
Hepatocyte
Medical; Stem cell research
The functional cell type of the liver. Hepatocytes make enzymes for detoxifying metabolic waste, synthesise proteins for the blood plasma, produce bile and help control blood sugar levels within ...
Cancer stem cells
Medical; 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 ...
Cancer stem cell
Medical; 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 ...
Cell replacement therapy
Medical; Stem cell research
Reconstitution of tissue by functional incorporation of transplanted stem-cell progeny. Distinct from 'bystander' trophic, anti-inflammatory or immunomodulatory effects of introduced cells.
Cell line
Medical; Stem cell research
A population of cells all carrying the same genes, grown in the laboratory through many cycles of growth and division over many generations of cells.
Cancer-initiating cell
Medical; Stem cell research
Cell that can produce a new cancer upon transplantation. A key property of a cancer stem cell.
