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Stem cell test: a practical tool in toxicogenomics.
Toxicology - 28 Feb 2007
Ahuja Y R, Vijayalakshmi V, Polasa K
Abstract excerpt
During early embryonic development, at blastocyst stage, the embryo has an outer coat of cells and an inner cell mass (ICM). ICM is the reservoir of embryonic stem (ES) cells, which are pluripotent, i.e., have the potential to differentiate into all cell types of the body. Cell lines have been developed from ES cells. In addition, there are embryonic germ (EG) cell lines developed from progenitor germ cells, and...
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