noun
STAP cell; stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency cell
A proposed type of pluripotent cell that was later disproven. The term is primarily of historical and scientific interest, often discussed in the context of the 2014 research controversy.
ＳＴＡＰ細胞は、外部からの刺激によって多能性を獲得するとされた細胞です。
STAP cells were cells claimed to acquire pluripotency through external stimuli.
ＳＴＡＰ細胞の論文は後に撤回されました。
The paper on STAP cells was later retracted.