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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
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 to four divisions of ...
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 adult somatic cell ...
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.
