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The phrase "a type of cell" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when categorizing or describing a specific kind of cell in biological, technological, or other contexts.
Example: "Neurons are a type of cell that transmit information throughout the nervous system."
Alternatives: "a kind of cell" or "a category of cell".
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Retina revitalized: A regenerated amacrine cell, which is a type of cell found in the inner retina.
Jan Carette and his colleagues have discovered a "death code" that unleashes a type of cell death.
The image above is from this research, showing cytotrophoblasts, a type of cell in the chorionic villi.
It is an evergreen shrub whose wood is considered to be of a primitive type because of its lack of vessels (a type of cell for water conduction).
The DNA molecules that are best protected in bone are in the osteocytes – a type of cell – of mineralised cortical portions of hard bone, such as femurs.
Stanford scientists and their collaborators have discovered a molecule that initiates the final, crucial step in a type of cell death.
Scars are comprised mainly of collagen, a fibrous protein secreted by a type of cell found in the skin called a fibroblast.
After writing a story detailing a type of cell death I hadn't known much about, I started to wonder what other forms of cell death were out there.
Beta-amyloid proteins are known to clump in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, interfering with a type of cell receptor needed for synaptic plasticity.
A foam cell is a type of cell containing lipids in small vacuoles and typically seen in atherosclerotic lesions, as well as other conditions.
On their inside, the tubes entrap endothelial cells, a type of cell that naturally forms blood vessels.
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