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human embryonic stem cell (hESC)
A type of pluripotent stem cells derived from early stage human embryos, up to and including the blastocyst stage, that are capable of dividing without differentiating for a prolonged period in culture, and are known to develop into cells and tissues of the three primary germ layers.
Source: Stem Cell Information, NIH, USDHHS
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