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Able form multiple mature cell types that constitute an entire tissue or tissues. Example: haematopoietic (blood) stem cells.
Industry:Medical
Term used to describe cells with a common ancestry, that is developing from the same type of identifiable immature cell.
Industry:Medical
Lifelong renewal of tissue by transplanted cells. The definitive test for haematopoietic, epidermal and spermatogonial stem cells.
Industry:Medical
Adult cells that have been genetically reprogrammed to an embryonic stem cell-like state.
Industry:Medical
The hypothesis of selective retention of parental DNA strands during asymmetric self-renewal. Potential mechanism to protect stem cells from the mutations associated with replication.
Industry:Medical
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
Self-renewing cell responsible for sustaining a cancer and for producing differentiated progeny that form the bulk of the cancer. Cancer stem cells identified in leukaemias and certain solid tumours are critical therapeutic targets.
Industry:Medical
One of the two or more cells formed in the division of a single cell.
Industry:Medical
