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Developmental Biology
Growing and Guiding Embryonic Stem Cells
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Embryonic stem (ES) cell culture depends on keeping cells undifferentiated. In this state, they can self-renew and remain pluripotent, which means they can still form many different cell types.
This page explains the basic principles of ES cell culture and shows a general method for growing and p...
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Embryonic stem cells, or ES cells, have a number of unique properties that distinguish them from regular adult cells. Therefore, scientists have devised special culturing techniques to maintain or take advantage of these properties. When cultured properly, ES cells can divide indefinitely to make more of themselves. At the s...
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