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Does this mean that stem cells cannoot become any type of cell? Certainly this should have been easy to test over the last 22 years?
by purpleblue 2y ago
Does this mean that stem cells cannoot become any type of cell? Certainly this should have been easy to test over the last 22 years?
- jjw1414 2y agoIt's important to distinguish between the types of stem cells when referring to pluripotency (i.e., the ability for a cell to differentiate into almost any cell type in the body). Embryonic stem cells are considered pluripotent. Adult stem cells are more correctly referred to as "multipotent" in that they can be coaxed into differentiating into other cell types, but typically into cell types close to their own lineage.
- Kalanos 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinya_Yamanaka#Yamanaka's_Nobel_Prize%E2%80%93winning_research_in_iPS_cells https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinya_Yamanaka#Yamanaka's_Nob...