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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tahir Shamsi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dow University of Health Sciences 2012-04-01
Series:Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences
Online Access:http://www.jduhs.com/index.php/jduhs/article/view/24