Totipotent stem cells

Totipotent stem cells

The master cells of the body that contain all the genetic information needed to create all the cells of the body and the placenta. Totipotent cells exist only in the first three to four divisions of the fertilised egg and give rise to the next stage of development — the pluripotent stem cells.

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totipotent stem cells

Medical; Stem cell research

The master cells of the body that contain all the genetic information needed to create all the cells of the body and the placenta. Totipotent cells exist only in the first three ...

totipotent stem cell

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Single cells that have the potential to form an entire organism. They have the capacity to specialize into extraembryonic membranes and tissues, the embryo, and all postembryonic ...

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 ...