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embryonic tissue

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Noun1.embryonic tissue - tissue in an embryo
germ layer - (embryology) any of the 3 layers of cells differentiated in embryos following gastrulation
animal tissue - the tissue in the bodies of animals


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Stem cells have been isolated from embryonic tissues as well as a variety of fetal and adult sources, including umbilical cord blood, bone marrow, central nervous system, liver and pancreas.
Reporting in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Professor Yair Reisner and colleagues postulated that pancreatic cells created from embryonic tissue excised from fetal pigs could be used to replace diabetes-ravaged cells.
However, use of human embryonic tissue for ESC derivation brought equally obvious ethical questions that were debated and explored alongside the basic and clinical research.
 
 
 
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