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progenitor

[proh-jen-i-ter] / proʊˈdʒɛn ɪ tər /




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Instead, several differences involving distinct types of progenitor cells work together to limit neuron production and brain folding.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

The scientists also equipped some of the progenitor cells with an additional immune-activating signal.

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

Instead of relying solely on immune cells that may disappear relatively quickly, the progenitors could provide a continuing source of replacement cells from within the body.

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

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

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2026

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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