blastocyst
- n the blastula of a placental mammal in which some differentiation of cells has occurred
- Bongso realized that he could extract the inner cell mass within the microscopic blastocyst and use it to produce embryonic stem-cell lines, which have the capacity to grow into .
- They come from the inner cell mass of a blastocyst, the term for a fertilized egg four days after conception.
- Today a blastocyst is created for harvesting.