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progenitor

[proh-jen-i-ter] / proʊˈdʒɛn ɪ tər /




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"Progenitor PC cells that were committed to expressing ERRγ, were destined to eventually become mature PCs," said Mills, a member of and co-associate director for cancer education at the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2024

The title of the research paper is "Epistatic Interactions between NMD and TRP53 Control Progenitor Cell Maintenance and Brain Size."

From Science Daily • May 1, 2024

Progenitor cells rarely become either neurons or glial cells; in fact, virtually every type of brain cell plummets.

From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2023

Simons' parents are divorced; on visits, the Progenitor tries to exchange his son's mullet pole for a baseball bat and tempt him with the upscale life.

From Time Magazine Archive

Progenitor and posterity; as, 'Hear, O Israel!' i. e., descendants of Israel.

From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly




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