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progenitor

[proh-jen-i-ter] / proʊˈdʒɛn ɪ tər /




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The scientists also identified important differences in when certain progenitor cell characteristics and behaviors emerge during development.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

The team next investigated whether these expandable progenitor cells could be programmed to fight cancer.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Overall, the treatment appeared to push cartilage toward a younger biological state without recruiting stem or progenitor cells.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

"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

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

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

This result suggests that renewable, genetically engineered immune cell progenitors might eventually have applications beyond cancer, including treatments for inherited immune deficiencies and potentially infectious diseases.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

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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