OxyContin vs. Oxycodone. The active ingredient in OxyContin is oxycodone but OxyContin (a brand name derived from oxycodone continuous) has a time-release mechanism, which means the drug is released in the body over a period of time and patients have to take the drug less often.
Transplanting organs, tissues or cells from one person to another. Compare with autologous transplantation. Amniotic fluid stem cell. A type of cell derived from amniotic fluid, which is the liquid that surrounds a developing fetus in the amniotic sac.
Adult stem cells, also called somatic (from Greek ÏÏÎ¼Î±ÏÎ¹ÎºoÏ, ÏÏÎ¼Î±ÏÎ¹ÎºÃ³Ï of the) body stem, cells are stem cells which maintain and repair the tissue in which they are. Found they can be found in, children as well as. adults