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 [-- hematopoietic stem cell --]

 
defined: An unspecialized precursor cell that will develop into a mature blood cell.

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Dr. Donald Orlic, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch, defines hematopoietic stem cell.

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