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unipotent [u-nip´o-tent] (unipotential [u″nĭ-po-ten´shal]) having only one power, as giving rise to cells of one order only.
unipotent, unipotential
having only one power, as giving rise to cells of one order only.
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Unipotent cells differentiate into only one cell type and exhibit little or no capacity for self-renewal.
Tissue engineering in urology by Matoka, Derek J.; Cheng, Earl Y. / Canadian Urological Association Journal (CUAJ)
We are taking adult spermatogonial stem/progenitor cells, which in the body are unipotent, capable of only making sperm, and coaxing them back to embryonic stem-like cells, which are pluripotent," said Dym.
Adult human testes cells can become embryonic stem-like by Asian News International
However, isolating these unipotent cells and getting them to regenerate successfully into the desired tissue in living animals has proven a major hurdle.
Scientists grow mouse prostate from a single cell by AFP / AFP Global Edition
 
 
 
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