Embryonic stem cells

Embryonic stem cells

Primitive (undifferentiated) cells that have the potential to become a wide variety of specialised cell types (i.e., cardiac myocytes, neuronal, pancreatic). They are pluripotent cells derived from the inner cell mass of a blastocyst. Embryonic stem cells are NOT embryos and cannot become a complete organism.

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embryonic stem cells

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Cells of the early embryo that can give rise to all differentiated cells, including germ line cells.

embryonic stem cells

Medical; Stem cell research

Primitive (undifferentiated) cells that have the potential to become a wide variety of specialized cell types (i.e., cardiac myocytes, neuronal, pancreatic). They are pluripotent ...

embryonic stem cell

Medical; Health care; Medicine

Cells derived from the blastocyst inner cell mass which forms before implantation in the uterine wall. They retain the ability to divide, proliferate and provide progenitor cells ...

Embryonic stem cell

Biology; Genetics

A pluripotential cell derived from the inner cell mass of an early-stage embryo that is capable of differentiating into cells derived from all three germ layers.

potency

Medical; Stem cell research

The range of commitment options available to a cell.

pluripotent stem cells

Medical; Stem cell research

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.

pluripotent

Medical; Stem cell research

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

plasticity

Medical; Stem cell research

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

placenta

Medical; Stem cell research

The oval spongy structure in the uterus from which the fetus derives its nourishment and oxygen. The placenta develops from the outer cell layer of the blastocyst, called the ...

oocyte

Medical; Stem cell research

An egg before maturation; a female gametocyte; also called an ovocyte.

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