Stem Cells: Theory & in Medicine

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Stem Cell that can mature into any cell
Totipotent
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Stem Cell that can mature into any cell apart from mammalian placental cells
Pluripotent
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Stem Cell that can differentiate into a few types of cell
Multipotent
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Stem Cell that can only differentiate into one type of cell
Unipotent
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Heart muscle cells that can't divide to replicate themselves
Cardiomyocytes
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Source of Stem Cells used successfully in transplants to treat leukaemia, lymphoma and some genetic disorders
Bone Marrow
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'Reprogrammed' adult body cells that are made to express particular transcription factors
iPS Cells
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Stem Cell that can mature into any cell apart from mammalian placental cells

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Stem Cell that can only differentiate into one type of cell

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