How to Use stem cell in a Sentence

stem cell

noun
  • These stem cells decline with age, too.
    — New Atlas, 17 Jan. 2026
  • If the stem cells do not take hold, his next step is not yet clear.
    — Pedro Moura, latimes.com, 13 Sep. 2017
  • This is when a cell reverts to a stem cell state to heal.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
  • But tests have found some of her mother’s stem cells in her blood.
    — New York Times, 25 May 2018
  • The most promising way to do that is using stem cells.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The stem cell is able to become every type of cell in the body.
    — Gary Robbins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 Mar. 2018
  • The first stem cell transplant took place more than 60 years ago.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2026
  • My sister had turned out to be a match and would donate her stem cells.
    — Tatiana Schlossberg, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025
  • So the mother’s stem cells can produce healthy blood cells for the child.
    — New York Times, 25 May 2018
  • Its goal is to reduce the price of stem cells by 90% over the next decade.
    — Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Her kidney went to her own brother, while skin grafts and stem cells helped dozens more.
    — Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Most cells making up the blastema are not stem cells from the bulb that migrate to the tip.
    — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The stem cells were then sent to bluebird bio for gene therapy.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The gene therapies are built on the back of a stem cell transplant.
    — Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Her sister, Rose, was a match for a stem cell transplant.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
  • At some point in the US, there weren’t any stem cell clinics.
    — Julia Belluz, Vox, 6 Dec. 2018
  • Her sister turned out to be a match for donating stem cells.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Her sister, Rose, was a match for a transplant of stem cells.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025
  • She is not involved in the stem cell trial and does not know Matthay.
    — J.d. Morris, SFChronicle.com, 8 June 2020
  • He was paralyzed from the shoulders down and in need of stem cell surgery.
    — Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The mini-brains are made from human stem cells derived from adults.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2019
  • Shay had two stem cell transplants; each of them painful and grueling.
    — Katherine Jones, idahostatesman, 20 May 2016
  • Among them, stem cells are the latest source of skin renewal to hit the shelves.
    — Deanna Pai, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2026
  • An initial stem cell transplant couldn’t hold off the cancer for more than half a year.
    — Angus Chen, STAT, 2 June 2022
  • These models are made from stem cells, not egg and sperm, and can’t grow into babies.
    — Laura Ungar, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
  • These cells, much like stem cells, can form new healthy tissue but in a more targeted way.
    — New Atlas, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Of course, stem cell therapy isn’t anything new.
    — Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Other groups are trying to grow human organs from stem cells in the lab.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Avry Jo's stem cells were harvested in May.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Pluripotent stem cells have the potential to become any type of cell in the body.
    — Aitor Aguirre, The Conversation, 10 May 2024

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