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Cormac announced in a July 2022 Instagram post that he'd been diagnosed with stage three germ cell cancer in November 2021.
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Becca Longmire, People.com, 19 May 2025
To get around that, the scientists first tap into the fertilized egg of a pink pigeon and extract what are known as primordial germ cells (PGCs)—the cells that eventually become sperm and egg.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
The increase was found in certain types of cancer including leukemias, lymphomas, brain tumors, hepatic tumors, and gonadal germ cell tumors, according to the study.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2025
The company's Avian Genomics Group is close to achieving primordial germ cells in pigeons, which would allow genetic testing of dodo characteristics in pigeons – similar to the mouse-mammoth experiments.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
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Becca Longmire, People.com, 19 May 2025
To get around that, the scientists first tap into the fertilized egg of a pink pigeon and extract what are known as primordial germ cells (PGCs)—the cells that eventually become sperm and egg.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
The increase was found in certain types of cancer including leukemias, lymphomas, brain tumors, hepatic tumors, and gonadal germ cell tumors, according to the study.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2025
The company's Avian Genomics Group is close to achieving primordial germ cells in pigeons, which would allow genetic testing of dodo characteristics in pigeons – similar to the mouse-mammoth experiments.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Germ cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/germ%20cell. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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