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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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Pluripotent cells can become any cell type except for totipotent cells and mulipotent cells are further specialized.

Stem cells in orthopaedics and fracture healing

OAR proceeds by "switching on" a gene or genes in the somatic donor cell nucleus that are expressed in pluripotent cells, but are "off" in totipotent cells.

Bioethics and public policy

In contrast, harvesting stem cells, or any other research activity that would imply the destruction of the embryo or any totipotent cell, was prohibited by the EschG.

Explaining restrictive ART policies in Switzerland and Germany: similar processes - similar results?

Opponents of embryonic stem cell research are also not likely to be satisfied with the proposal of live embryo biopsy, since each human blastomere is a totipotent cell with the potential to develop into a complete human being.

Human research cloning, embryos, and embryo-like artifacts

Each totipotent cell is capable of developing into a complete organism.

Spare embryos and stem cell research: consent issues

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