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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of the cells resulting from the cleavage of a fertilized ovum during early embryonic development.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In embryology, one of the segments or derivative cells into which the vitellus or yolk of an ovum of one of the Metazoa divides after fecundation. See cut under
gastrulation .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) One of the segments first formed by the division of the ovum.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology Any
cell that results fromdivision of afertilized egg .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any cell resulting from cleavage of a fertilized egg
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If the blastomere is aneuploid, this molecular tool, called "fluorescence in situ hybridization," or FISH, will unmask it.
Delayed Childbearing 1995
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If the blastomere is aneuploid, this molecular tool, called "fluorescence in situ hybridization," or FISH, will unmask it.
Delayed Childbearing 1995
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It turns out that our cells have been derived utilizing what we call a blastomere technology which means that we have been able to develop those stem cells without any embryo destruction, which somewhat mitigates the issues that have been in the media.
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I think fewer people would be against blastomere research.
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The blastomere technology has been reproduced and peer-reviewed on several occasions.
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In August 2006, Advanced Cell Technology reported in the journal Nature that company scientists had successfully generated hESCs using its blastomere technology, an approach that does not destroy the developmental potential of embryos.
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In addition to its blastomere research platform, Advanced Cell Technology has made progress on the therapeutic front.
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Lanza counters this objection by saying that if the blastomere failed to divide, his group would send it off for PGD testing immediately, thereby salvaging the diagnostic procedure.
Scientific Sidestep? 2007
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But other researchers disagree, saying that the removal of the blastomere poses unknown risks to the embryo and in turn, to the life of the child, should the embryo be implanted and continue developing to birth.
Scientific Sidestep? 2007
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That exchange came to mind this week with news that stem-cell lines can be established from an early human embryo — a blastomere — without destroying it.
Escape Hatch 2007
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