Word: progenitor
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...limitless reserves of energy and wily resilience, the tenacious 4-ft. 11-in. politician has managed not only to endure but to prevail. Today, one year into his ninth decade, he stands at the zenith of his power as leader of the world's most populous nation and as progenitor of what he proudly calls its "second revolution...
Seed grants support individual projects. Twelve researchers across the University have been awarded these grants—five of which involved embryonic stem cell research, while the others worked with adult stem cells or partially differentiated progenitor cells...
...grants awarded, five involved embryonic stem cell research. Other recipients use adult stem cells or partially differentiated progenitor cells...
...experiment involved only tissue-specific stem cells—in this case, neural progenitor cells—which cannot become any kind of cell other than that of their source tissue. The controversial embryonic stem cells, which can potentially change into any kind of cell, were not part of the experiment...
...There is no evidence presented as to whether the neural progenitor cells represent a single type of cell or are, instead, a population of several different progenitor pools,” Melton wrote in an e-mail...