embryonic

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She chose a then-fashionable focus: stem cells, versatile cells that specialize into other cell types and play critical roles in embryonic development and the renewal of adult tissues.

From Science Magazine

In her dingy apartment in the Bronx, Rose experiments obsessively with reanimation, using embryonic stem cells.

From New York Times

But large-scale DNA sequencing over the past decade or so has toppled that view, showing that human DNA starts to accrue mutations early in embryonic development and continues to change throughout life.

From Science Magazine

But Dr. Lysiak said there is a phenomenon that could explain the first scenario: delayed implantation, also known as embryonic diapause.

From New York Times

And despite echoing old moral concerns about embryonic research, these new lab-made creations differ in essential, telling ways from real human embryos.

From Scientific American