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pluripotency

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pluripotency /plu·rip·o·ten·cy/ (-po´ten-se)
1. the ability to develop or act in any one of several possible ways.
2. the ability to affect more than one organ or tissue.plurip´otentpluripoten´tial
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The scientists thought that genes such as NANOG might have a role in accelerating some cells' path to pluripotency.
All adult cells can be reprogrammed into becoming stem-like cells: ... by Asian News International
34,36] Stem cells are classified according to their potency, where the hierarchic ordering ranges from totipotency (zygote and its offspring cells of the morula) to pluripotency (embryonic stem cells and embryonic germ cells) and multi-potency (haematopoietic and mesenchymal stem cells).
Tissue engineering in urology by Matoka, Derek J.; Cheng, Earl Y. / Canadian Urological Association Journal (CUAJ)
we confirm that iPS cell lines can attain true pluripotency.
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