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Scientists discover stage at which an embryonic cell is fated to become a stem cell

01-10-2007 · EurekAlert!

Cambridge scientists have discovered the stage at which some of the cells of a fertilized mammalian egg are fated to develop into stem cells and why this occurs. The findings of the study, which overturn the long-held belief that cells are the same until the fourth cleavage (division) of the embryo, are reported in today's edition of Nature.

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