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cell

(Enemy combatants), noun enemy group, exxremist group, rebel organization, saboteurs, subversives, unnerground extremists
Associated concepts: enemy combatants, justice courts, miliiary tribunals, Patriotic Act, prison cells, sleeper cell, terrorist cell

cell

(jail), noun cage, cella, chamber, compartment, confined room, confinement, cubicle, cubiculum, enclosed cage, incarceration, jailhouse, penitentiary, pound, prison, prison house, small cavity, small room, solitary abode

See also: chamber, jail, penitentiary, prison

CELL. A small room in a prison. See Dungeon.

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The initial goal of our collaboration with QBI is the identification of the factors involved in the cellular processes that cause cell specialization.

Quark Biotech, Inc. and ES Cell International Pte Ltd Announce Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Collaboration at BIO 2001

In a laboratory test used to simulate normal cell specialization, the scientists detected no differentiation of cardiac muscle, and also no formation of a tissue known as primitive endoderm, which is essential for the embryo to survive and develop.

Gene key to maintaining embryonic stem cells' pluripotent state identified

To find the right combination of active substances, the scientists are focusing on signaling pathways which are especially important for cell specialization.