A technique in which the outer layer (trophoblast) of a blastocyst is selectively destroyed by antiserum and complement, used especially to obtain the embryonic stem cells of the inner cell mass.
Origin
1970s.
Definition of immunosurgery in US English:
immunosurgery
noun
Biology Medicine
A technique in which the outer layer (trophoblast) of a blastocyst is selectively destroyed by antiserum and complement, used especially to obtain the embryonic stem cells of the inner cell mass.