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totipotent stem cells

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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 ...

somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT)

Medical; Stem cell research

The replacement of genetic material (nuclear DNA) in an unfertilized egg with genetic material from an adult somatic cell (e.g., skin cell). Stem cells that genetically match the ...

somatic cells

Medical; Stem cell research

Cells from the body other than sperm or egg cells.

stem cell

Medical; Stem cell research

A cell that can continuously produce unaltered daughters and also has the ability to produce daughter cells that have different, more restricted properties.

stem cell line

Medical; Stem cell research

Stem cells that have been growing in cell culture for six or more months without becoming specialized and appear genetically normal.

unipotent stem cells

Medical; Stem cell research

Stem cells that can renew and give rise to only a single mature cell type.

unipotent

Medical; Stem cell research

Forms a single mature cell type. For example, spermatogonial stem cells are unipotent, as they can only form sperm cells.