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primitive cell
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primitive cell [′prim·əd·iv ′sel]
(crystallography)
A parallelepiped whose edges are defined by the primitive translations of a crystal lattice; it is a unit cell of minimum volume.


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Embryonic stem cell research is controversial because human embryos are destroyed in order to obtain the primitive cells capable of developing into almost every tissue of the body.
Ultimately, the group was able to grow multiple types of retina cells beginning with either type of stem cell, starting with a highly enriched population of very primitive cells with the potential to become retina.
Stem cells -- primitive cells from early-stage embryos -- are capable of developing into almost every tissue of the body.
 
 
 
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