ＳＴＡＰ細胞すたっぷさいぼう

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Meanings

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noun

STAP cell; stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency cell

biology

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細胞すたっぷさいぼうは、外がい部ぶからの

刺し

激げき

に

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て

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能のう

性せい

を

獲かく

得とく

する

と

さ

れ

た

細さい

胞ぼう

です

。

STAP cells were cells claimed to acquire pluripotency through external stimuli.

ＳＴＡＰ細胞すたっぷさいぼうの論ろん文ぶんは後あとに撤てっ回かいされました。

The paper on STAP cells was later retracted.

Kanji

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

Related words

ｉＰＳ細胞あいぴーえすさいぼう
iPS cells are a well-established type of pluripotent stem cell created by reprogramming somatic cells, whereas STAP cells were a proposed but disproven phenomenon.
多た能のう性せい幹かん細さい胞ぼう
A general term for pluripotent stem cells; STAP cells were a specific, unverified claim within this category.

Written forms

ＳＴＡＰ細胞すたっぷさいぼう
Standard spelling using the acronym STAP in full-width Latin characters.
スタップ細さい胞ぼう
Katakana spelling of the acronym; less common but still encountered.

Etymology

From English 'STAP', an acronym for 'stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency', combined with 細胞 (cell). The term was coined in 2014 by researchers who claimed to have discovered this phenomenon, but the findings were later discredited.