Cell line

Cell line

A population of cells all carrying the same genes, grown in the laboratory through many cycles of growth and division over many generations of cells.

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Category: Stem cell research
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The range of commitment options available to a cell.

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Stem cells that can develop into all the different cell types in the body except the placenta. They give rise to mulitpotent and unipotent stem cells as the embryo develops.

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Able to form all the body's cell lineages, including germ cells, and some or even all extraembryonic cell types. Example: embryonic stem cells.

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Unproven notion that tissue stem cells may be able to generate the cell types of another tissue under certain conditions.

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