Progress in Stem Cell Frontier
Human life starts when a sperm combines with an ovum and forms a fertilised egg. This cell and its immediate descendents, are called "totipotent stem cells". During first 8 weeks of human life, embryonic stage, the embryo is made of specialised "embryonic stem cells†also called...
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Language: | English |
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Dow University of Health Sciences
2012-04-01
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Series: | Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.jduhs.com/index.php/jduhs/article/view/24 |