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The functional cell type of the liver. Hepatocytes make enzymes for detoxifying metabolic waste, synthesise proteins for the blood plasma, produce bile and help control blood sugar levels within narrow limits.
Industry:Medical
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.
Industry:Medical
A single cell resulting from the fusion of male and female gametes (sperm and egg) at fertilization.
Industry:Medical
Sufficient to form entire organism. The zygote is totipotent; not demonstrated for any vertebrate stem cell.
Industry:Medical
A cell that can continuously produce unaltered daughters and also has the ability to produce daughter cells that have different, more restricted properties.
Industry:Medical
Forms a single mature cell type. For example, spermatogonial stem cells are unipotent, as they can only form sperm cells.
Industry:Medical
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.
Industry:Medical
Unproven notion that different stem cells are regulated by common genes and mechanisms.
Industry:Medical
The ability of a stem cell to divide and produce copies of itself for an indefinite period of time. This is the defining property of stem cells.
Industry:Medical
Any of the cells of a plant or animal other than germ cells (reproductive cells)
Industry:Medical
