I'm pretty sure that adult SCs are pluripotent, meaning that can differentiate into some, but not all, of the cell types.— Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com
The "holy grail" of regenerative medicine would be stem cells that are pluripotent (able to become most or all of the 200 cell types in the body) that are also a genetic match to a patient.— ProLifeBlogs
Obese Children Should Have Gastric Bands To Manage Diabetes Says UK Expert Scientists from Canada and the UK have found a new way to create stem cells without using viruses to introduce genetic material into the nuclei to make the cells pluripotent, instead they insert four genes that reprogram ...— Health News from Medical News Today
Like embryonic stem cells, they are "pluripotent," meaning they can give rise to almost any kind of cell in the body.— Toronto Sun
Dr. Nagy discovered a new method to create pluripotent stem cells (cells that can develop into most other cell types) without disrupting healthy genes.— Health News from Medical News Today
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