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Unproven notion that tissue stem cells may be able to generate the cell types of another tissue under certain conditions.

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

Able to form all the body's cell lineages, including germ cells, and some or even all extraembryonic cell types. Example: embryonic stem cells.

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

Stem cells that can develop into all the different cell types in the body except the placenta. They give rise to mulitpotent and unipotent stem cells as the embryo develops.

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

The range of commitment options available to a cell.

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

Eggs that are fertilized and develop to approximately 2-3 days old in a laboratory (in vitro fertilization) and are ready for implantation for the purposes of human reproduction or removal of stem ...

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

The beginning of the vertebral column in the human embryo that develops at approximately 14 days after conception.

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

Generic term for any dividing cell with the capacity to give rise to another cell type. Includes possible stem cells in which self-renewal has not yet been demonstrated.

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

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