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.
Pluripotent stem cells, i.e. cells that can give rise to any fetal or adult cell type, can be found in a number of tissues, including umbilical cord blood. Using genetic reprogramming, pluripotent stem cells equivalent to embryonic stem cells have been derived from human adult skin tissue.