progenitor

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The number of apical progenitor cells, which are essential for building the cerebral cortex, was significantly lower.

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In earlier work at Johns Hopkins University, Marbán's laboratory developed a method to extract progenitor cells from human heart tissue.

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Acting as a key regulator of neurodevelopment, NOVA1 helps determine how neural progenitor cells react to lead exposure, and disturbances in its activity are linked to neurological disorders.

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The researchers measured SXR and RAR activity in mouse neural progenitor cells treated with the newly developed compounds and found that the hybrids maintained the biological functions of both parent molecules.

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The deluge of dust could help explain why astronomers have struggled to find red supergiant progenitors.

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