embryonic stem cells
Undifferentiated developmental precursors
Embryonic stem cells are cells derived from early-stage embryos that can develop into any cell type in the body.
This versatility makes them valuable for medical research and potential therapies, but their extraction destroys the embryo, fueling ethical and political controversy.
Embryonic stem cell research could lead to treatments for Parkinson's disease.
- inner cell massEmbryo-forming blastocyst cells
- blank slateUnmarked starting point
- bioethicsMoral philosophy for medicine
- ethical debateArgument about right conduct
- blastocystEarly developmental stage before implantation
Dolly · stem cells · stem cell research · differentiation · zygote · self-renewal · cell line · epigenetics · teratoma · informed consent · multipotent · Thomson · cell therapy · gastrulation · organogenesis · embryogenesis · dividing · IVF
- mouse geneticslab mice, backcross, littermates, breeding colonies, white mice
- stem cellsstem cells, adult stem cells, ESC, self-renewal, progenitors
- embryologyzygote, embryology, blastocyst, embryogenesis, gastrula
- cell culturecell culture, cell lines, tissue culture, culture plate, culture dish