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A cell that can continuously produce unaltered daughters and also has the ability to produce daughter cells that have different, more restricted properties.

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

Cells from the body other than sperm or egg cells.

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

The replacement of genetic material (nuclear DNA) in an unfertilized egg with genetic material from an adult somatic cell (e.g., skin cell). Stem cells that genetically match the adult somatic cell ...

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

The master cells of the body that contain all the genetic information needed to create all the cells of the body and the placenta. Totipotent cells exist only in the first three to four divisions of ...

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

Sufficient to form entire organism. The zygote is totipotent; not demonstrated for any vertebrate stem cell.

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

A single cell resulting from the fusion of male and female gametes (sperm and egg) at fertilization.

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

Stem cell derived from, or resident in, a fetal or adult tissue, with potency limited to cells of that tissue. These cells sustain turnover and repair throughout life in some tissues.

Domain: Medical; Category: Stem cell research

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