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pluripotent

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plu·rip·o·tent (pl-rp-tnt) or plu·ri·po·ten·tial (plr-p-tnshl)
adj.
1. Capable of affecting more than one organ or tissue.
2. Not fixed as to potential development. Used of an embryonic cell.
pluripotent
having the capacity to develop in one of several ways.
pluripotent stem cell
see stem cell.
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They then tricked the skin-derived pluripotent stem cells into forming liver cells by mimicking the normal processes through which liver cells are made during embryonic development.
Scientists grow liver cells from patients' skin cells by Asian News International
Known as induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, they have the potential to develop into virtually every kind of tissue in the body.
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Derived from pluripotent human embryonic stem cells, ArunA's hMC lines will offer unique, highly proliferative uniform populations of mesenchymal cells in a feeder free monolayer culture.
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