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Pluripotent

Definition

adjective

Capable of affecting many cells, organs or tissues.

(biology) Pertaining to the ability of a cell to differentiate into many cell types.


Supplement

Examples of pluripotent cells are stem cells in animals and meristematic cells in higher plants.

Pluripotent stem cells came from totipotent cells. They can differentiate into various fetal or adult cells.


Word origin: Latin pluri, many + potent, have power, to be able.
Related forms: pluripotency (noun)

Compare: unipotent, totipotent, multipotent.
See also: potent.

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... This patterning in promoter methylation transfers to the next generation when a cell divides, but is reset to nil in the zygote, thus allowing pluripotent capability which would obviously be damaging to a developed organism in most cases but prevents possibly useful development e.g. amputated ...

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by merv
Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:55 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
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by Awol
Tue May 31, 2011 2:59 pm
 
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Topic: Book on iPS (induced pluripotent stem cells) 2ndYr BioStu
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Fetal stem cells

... old embroys' (?) or fetuses' primordial germ cells, thus also called embryonic germ cells (EG cells); under appropriate conditions they can be pluripotent like embryonic stem cells ... im very confused, can somebody help me please?

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by bananaboat
Sat May 28, 2011 12:43 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Fetal stem cells
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Where is embryonic stem cell research at?

... but also the complexity. As far as it goes on how you get stem cells as an adult, the somatic cells can be reprogrammed to behave as if they are pluripotent. Look up about somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) which has potential use in therapeutic cloning.

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by Kezzer
Mon Feb 07, 2011 8:06 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Where is embryonic stem cell research at?
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Stem Cell Research not using embryos

... stem cells from embryos. We can harvest them from places such as bone marrow and can create, as I understood it, artifitial stem cells (induced pluripotent stem cells) that do the same thing as a normal stem cells. If we can now create stem cells without having to destroy life, why is there ...

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by Maelbox
Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:21 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Stem Cell Research not using embryos
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