pluripotent cell

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• Cell potency — Pluripotent, embryonic stem cells originate as inner mass cells within a blastocyst. The stem cells can become any tissue in the body, excluding a placenta. Only the morula s cells are totipotent, able to become all tissues and a placenta. The… …   Wikipedia

• Cell, totipotent — A cell with the capacity to form an entire organism. Human development begins when a sperm fertilizes an egg and creates a single totipotent cell. In the first hours after fertilization, this cell divides into identical totipotent cells.… …   Medical dictionary

• Pluripotent — Pluripotence Une colonie de la lignée de cellules souches embryonnaires humaine HD90 dérivée au CHRU de Montpellier. Sommaire 1 Définitio …   Wikipédia en Français

• pluripotent stem cell — Cells in a stem cell line capable of differentiating into several different final differentiated types, eg. there may be a pluripotent stem cell line for erythrocytes, granulocytes and megakaryocytes …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… …   Medical dictionary

• pluripotent — adjective Etymology: Latin plur , plus more + English potent Date: 1916 not fixed as to developmental potentialities; especially capable of differentiating into one of many cell types < pluripotent stem cells > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pluripotent — adjective Able to develop into or effect any (or most) cell type i.e. not restricted to a specific system Embryonic stem cells are pluripotent. Syn: pluripotential See Also: pluripotency …   Wiktionary

• pluripotent — plu·rip·o·tent plu̇ rip ət ənt adj 1) not fixed as to developmental potentialities esp capable of differentiating into one of many cell types <pluripotent stem cells> 2) capable of affecting more than one organ or tissue * * *… …   Medical dictionary

• pluripotent — [ˌplʊərɪ pəʊt(ə)nt] adjective Biology (of an immature or stem cell) capable of giving rise to several different cell types …   English new terms dictionary

• pluripotent — /pluriˈpoʊtnt/ (say ploohree pohtnt) adjective Biology (of a cell) able to develop into more than one type of mature cell, depending on its environment. –pluripotency, noun …  

• pluripotent stem cell — A cell that is able to develop into several different types of cells or tissues in the body …   English dictionary of cancer terms