1. THE STEM CELL WHAT IS A STEM CELL? Most scientists use the term pluripotent to describe stem cells that can give rise to cells derived from all three embryonic germ layers—mesoderm, endoderm, and ectoderm. These thr

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• Biotechnology
• Embryology
• Cell biology
• Adult stem cell
• Cell potency
• Embryonic stem cell
• Cellular differentiation
• Germ layer
• Germ cell
• Biology
• Developmental biology
• Stem cells

APPENDIX B: MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELL CULTURES

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• Cell biology
• Developmental biology
• Cloning
• Embryonic stem cell
• Adult stem cell
• Progenitor cell
• Inner cell mass
• Leukemia inhibitory factor
• Oct-4
• Biology
• Biotechnology
• Stem cells

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7. STEM CELLS AND DIABETES Diabetes exacts its toll on many Americans, young and old. For years, researchers have painstakingly dissected this complicated disease caused by the destruction of insulin producing islet cell

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• Stem cells
• Developmental biology
• Cloning
• Beta cell
• Islets of Langerhans
• Pancreas
• Insulin
• Diabetes mellitus type 1
• Glucokinase
• Biology
• Diabetes
• Biotechnology

3. THE HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL AND THE HUMAN EMBRYONIC GERM CELL A new era in stem cell biology began in 1998 with

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• Biotechnology
• Cloning
• Cell biology
• Embryonic stem cell
• Adult stem cell
• Chimera
• Cellular differentiation
• Germ cell
• Inner cell mass
• Biology
• Stem cells
• Developmental biology

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• Cell biology
• Transcription factors
• Cell lines
• Matrigel
• Stem cell
• Homeobox protein NANOG
• Basic fibroblast growth factor
• Fibroblast
• Oct-4
• Biology
• Biotechnology
• Developmental biology

5. HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS With more than 50 years of experience studying blood-forming stem cells called hematopoietic stem cells, scientists have developed sufficient understanding to actually use them as a therapy. C

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• Adult stem cell
• Stem cell factor
• Stem cell
• Cord blood bank
• Haematopoiesis
• CD90
• Mesenchymal stem cell
• National Marrow Donor Program
• CD34
• Biology
• Stem cells
• Hematopoietic stem cell

6. AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES AND THE PROMISE OF STEM CELL-BASED THERAPIES One of the more perplexing questions in biomedical research is—why does the body’s protective shield

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• Immunology
• Stem cells
• Biotechnology
• T cells
• Cell biology
• Autoimmunity
• Immune system
• B cell
• T helper cell
• Biology
• Anatomy
• Medicine

10. ASSESSING HUMAN STEM CELL SAFETY WEAVING A STEM CELL SAFETY NET The isolation of human stem cells offers the promise of a remarkable array of novel therapeutics. Biologic

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• Developmental biology
• Cell biology
• Cloning
• Adult stem cell
• Embryonic stem cell
• Stem cell
• Progenitor cell
• Cord blood
• Cellular differentiation
• Biology
• Stem cells
• Biotechnology

4. THE ADULT STEM CELL For many years, researchers have been seeking to understand the body’s ability to repair and replace the cells and tissues of some organs, but not others. After years of work pursuing the how and

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• Developmental biology
• Cell biology
• Neuroanatomy
• Adult stem cell
• Stem cell
• Subventricular zone
• Neural stem cell
• Progenitor cell
• Rostral migratory stream
• Biology
• Stem cells
• Biotechnology