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The technique is fairly
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straightforward and shown in this cartoon,
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that cells are cultured.
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These are special cells in a couple of different ways.
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One is they are human cells,
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and they are harvested from human umbilical veins.
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The umbilical vein, which is normally discarded after delivery,
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the baby is born,
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the umbilical cord and the placenta are ordinarily discarded.
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If you keep that tissue,
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you can isolate the cells that form the lining of that tissue.
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It's a vein and what you