totipotent stem cell
1Stem cell — Mouse embryonic st …
2Stem cell controversy — The stem cell controversy is the ethical debate primarily concerning the creation, treatment, and destruction of human embryos incident to research involving embryonic stem cells. Not all stem cell research involves the creation, use, or… …
3Stem cell treatments — Many medical researchers believe that stem cell treatments have the potential to change the face of human disease and alleviate suffering. A number of stem cell treatments exist, although most are still experimental and/or costly, with the… …
4Stem cell line — A stem cell line is a family of constantly dividing cells, the product of a single parent group of stem cells. They are obtained from human or animal tissues and can replicate for long periods of time in vitro ( within glass ; or, commonly, in… …
5Hematopoietic stem cell — HSC=Hematopoietic stem cell, Progenitor=Progenitor cell, L blast=Lymphoblast, Lymphocyte, Mo blast=Monoblast, Monocyte, Myeloblast …
6Mesenchymal stem cell — showing typical ultrastructural morphology. Latin cellula mesenchymatica precursoria Code TH H2 …
7Neural stem cell — Latin cellula nervosa precursoria Code TH H2.00.01.0.00010 Neural stem cells (NSCs) are the self renewing, multipotent cells that generate the main phenotypes of the nervous system. In 1989, Sally Temple described multipotent, self renewing… …
8embryonic stem cell — (= ES cell) Totipotent cell cultured from early embryo. Have the advantage that following modification in vitrothey can be used to produce chimeric embryos and thus transgenic animals …
9Cell 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… …
10totipotent — [təʊ tɪpət(ə)nt] adjective Biology (of an immature or stem cell) capable of giving rise to any cell type or (of a blastomere) a complete embryo. Derivatives totipotency noun Origin early 20th cent.: from L. totus whole + potent1 …
