Printer Friendly
The Free Dictionary
1,017,232,214 visitors served.
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Stem cell
(redirected from Human embryonic stem cell)

    Also found in: Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.04 sec.
stem cell
n.
An unspecialized cell that gives rise to a specific specialized cell, such as a blood cell.
Stem cell
Undifferentiated cell that retains the ability to develop into any one of numerous cell types.
Mentioned in: Multiple Myeloma, Myelofibrosis, Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
Bush vetoed the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005, which would have increased the supply and quality of human embryonic stem cell lines that can be used in federally funded research.
Despite veto, our voices were heard by Inside MS
IN APRIL SEVERAL directors of the National Institutes of Health broke their silence about the Bush administration's nearly four-year-old limits on federally funded human embryonic stem cell research.
Censored science: speaking out on stem cells by Bailey, Ronald / Reason
Human embryonic stem cell research in Japan should be pursued with an eye to understanding human development and to discovering therapeutic treatments for many degenerative diseases (brain or otherwise).
Embryonic stem cell research: accepting the knowledge and applying it ... by La Madeleine, Bonnie Lee / Japan Inc.
More results
 
Medical browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Medical Dictionary
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2008 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a. Terms of Use.