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Stem cell research
Stem cell research is the study of stem cells which are biological cells found in all multicellular organisms that grow into all forms of cells and multiply by themselves.
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Stem cell research
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 trophoblast.
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.
