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ｉＰＳ細胞 (アイピーエスさいぼう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ｉＰＳ細胞あいぴーえすさいぼう

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Meanings

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noun

induced pluripotent stem cell; iPS cell

Scientific term for stem cells artificially reprogrammed from adult cells. Widely used in biomedical research and news.

山やま中なか教きょう授じゅはｉＰＳ細胞あいぴーえすさいぼうの研けん究きゅうでノーベル賞しょうを受じゅ賞しょうした。
Professor Yamanaka won the Nobel Prize for his research on iPS cells.

ｉＰＳ細胞あいぴーえすさいぼうを使つかった再さい生せい医い療りょうが期き待たいされている。

Regenerative medicine using iPS cells is anticipated.

Written forms

ｉＰＳ細胞あいぴーえすさいぼう
Standard scientific and media spelling using Latin 'i' and 'P', 'S'.
アイピーエス細さい胞ぼう
Katakana spelling of the acronym; less common but sometimes used for readability.

Kanji

細dainty, get thin, taper
胞placenta, sac, sheath

Similar words

ＥＳ細胞いーえすさいぼう
Embryonic stem cells; iPS cells are similar but derived from adult cells without using embryos.
幹かん細さい胞ぼう
General term for stem cells; iPS cells are a type of pluripotent stem cell.

Etymology

From English 'induced pluripotent stem cell', abbreviated as iPS. The Japanese term directly adopts the English acronym with 細胞 (cell).