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niche
Medical; Stem cell research
Cellular micro-environment providing the support and stimuli necessary to sustain self-renewal
multipotent stem cells
Medical; Stem cell research
Stem cells that can give rise to a limited number of other cell types. They are committed to becoming a variety of cell types associated with specific functions or organs/tissues ...
multipotent
Medical; Stem cell research
Able form multiple mature cell types that constitute an entire tissue or tissues. Example: haematopoietic (blood) stem cells.
inner cell mass
Medical; Stem cell research
The cluster of cells found inside the blastocyst that gives rise to all the cells of the body in the developing human organism.
lineage
Medical; Stem cell research
Term used to describe cells with a common ancestry, that is developing from the same type of identifiable immature cell.
long-term reconstitution
Medical; Stem cell research
Lifelong renewal of tissue by transplanted cells. The definitive test for haematopoietic, epidermal and spermatogonial stem cells.
morula
Medical; Stem cell research
A globular solid mass of cells (called blastomeres) formed by cleavage of a zygote.
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