engraft

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When applied to the skin of mice -the only animal model able to test engineered bacteria to date- they engraft, live and produce the protein.

From Science Daily • Jan. 9, 2024

Jimi also needed chemotherapy to kill off existing cells in his bone marrow so that his edited stem cells would have room to engraft and grow.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023

But it can take about six weeks for cord blood cells to engraft, so she was also given partially matched blood stem cells from a first-degree relative.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2022

The ultimate aim is to create the so-called universal T cell—a cell that has the capacity to engraft in any person’s body.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019

He had had an interview with Agnes Darling, whose hopes were on the ebb; and once more had tried to engraft his own bright, sanguine nature on hers.

From Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel by Fleming, May Agnes