Embryonic stem (ES) cells
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- (Abbreviation: ES cells). Cells of the early embryo that can give rise to all differentiated cells, including germ line cells.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition - Cell lines derived from early embryos that have the potential to differentiate into all types of somatic cells as well as to form germ line cells, and hence whole animals, when injected into early embryos.
USDA CSREES - Cite This Source - This Definition - endopolyploidy, gene therapy, generative, Germ cell, germ cell gene therapy, Germ cell (germ line) gene therapy, germ line, germ line cell, pole cells, primary germ layers, somatic, spermatogonium, sporocyte
- An embryonic cell that can replicate indefinitely, transform into other types of cells, and serve as a continuous source of new cells.
Human Genome Project - Cite This Source - This Definition - apoptosis, hematopoietic stem cell, Melanoma, Niemann-Pick disease, type C (NPC), Pluripotency, Somatic cell, Somatic cells
- Also called ES cells, embryonic stem cells are cells derived from the inner cell mass of developing blastocysts. An ES cell is self-renewing (can replicate itself), pluripotent (can form all cell types found in the body) and theoretically is immortal.
ISSCR - Cite This Source - This Definition - Primitive (undifferentiated) cells from the embryo that have the potential to become wide variety of specialized cell types.
The President's Council on Bioethics - Cite This Source - This Definition - Primitive (undifferentiated) cells derived from a 5-day preimplantation embryo that have the potential to become a wide variety of specialized cell types.
NIH - Cite This Source - This Definition - Primitive (undifferentiated) cells from the embryo that have the potential to become a wide variety of specialized cell types.
DHHS - Cite This Source - This Definition - Cripto, Embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells, Embryonic germline cells, hES cell, Human embryonic stem cell (hESC), Induced pluripotent stem cells, pluripotent, teratocarcinoma, teratoma