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blastocyst

In mammals, the hollow ball of cells which is an early stage in the development of the embryo, roughly equivalent to the blastula of other animal groups.



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Instead, the South Korean scientists harvested cells from the interior of their cloned blastocysts and discarded the remainder.
As debates over stem-cell research and cloning roil on, proponents of scientific research ask their opponents: "But why do you want to protect human zygotes, blastocysts, and embryos from manipulation or loss?
 
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