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progenitor

[proh-jen-i-ter] / proʊˈdʒɛn ɪ tər /




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When administered to mice, the progenitor cells established themselves in the bone marrow and other locations responsible for blood cell production.

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

For decades, the dominant model held that the entire brain develops from one early progenitor cell population.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

To begin the repair process, mature liver cells revert toward a fetal-like progenitor state.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

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

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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

As pop evolves, so have the progenitors of its modern sound.

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 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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