Pluripotent stem cells

Pluripotent stem cells

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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pluripotent stem cell

Health care; Cancer treatment

A cell that is able to develop into many different types of cells or tissues in the body.

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 stem cell

Medical; Health care; Medicine

Cells that can give rise to cells of the three different germ layers.

induced pluripotent stem cells

Medical; Health care; Medicine

Cells from adult organisms that have been reprogrammed into a pluripotential state similar to that of embryonic stem cells.

induced pluripotent stem cells

Health care; Dermatology

Induced pluripotent stem or(iPS) cells are human somatic cells that have been reprogrammed to achieve a pluripotent state.

Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)

Biology; Genetics

A pluripotent cell capable of differentiation to mature linages that is derived by in vitro reprogramming of a somatic cell.

potency

Medical; Stem cell research

The range of commitment options available to a cell.

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.

oligopotent

Medical; Stem cell research

Able to form two or more mature cell types within a tissue. For example, neural stem cells that can create a subset of neurons in the brain are oligopotent.