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immortalized cell line

cell line that can divide indefinitely

induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)

cells derived from skin or blood cells that have been reprogrammed back into an embryonic-like pluripotent state, thus enabling the development of an unlimited source of any type of human cell needed for therapeutic purposes