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progenitor

[proh-jen-i-ter] / proʊˈdʒɛn ɪ tər /




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"We've shown for the first time that the front of the brain arises from a totally different progenitor cell than the back of the brain," said Kyle Loh, PhD, associate professor of developmental biology.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

To begin the repair process, mature liver cells revert toward a fetal-like progenitor state.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

"When we deleted Mitch from the progenitor cells, we discovered that the environment created in these cells was not conducive to the synthesis of new fats," Gross explains.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026

“Jamie taught me what a best friend was,” said second baseman Richie Greenberg, another Feeney progenitor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

It makes the progenitor of all this group of insecticides, DDT, seem by comparison almost harmless.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Much in the same way Slate was early to formats that would come to dominate digital publishing—explainers, deliberately counterintuitive arguments, chat podcasts—so too were we early progenitors of the internet listicle.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026

"Previous attempts to make hindbrain neurons likely tried to coax forebrain and midbrain progenitors into hindbrain cells, which our study shows is not possible," Jokhai said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

Those animals were the progenitors of the vast Native American pony herds of later centuries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

Its progenitors - who now can generate videos of literally anything in just a few minutes - have the potential to disrupt the lucrative influencer economy.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025

Many of these late-stage fruit trees posed a further problem in that their wild progenitors were the opposite of self-pollinating.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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