pluripotent

adjective

plu·rip·o·tent | \ plu̇-ˈri-pə-tənt

Definition of pluripotent

: not fixed as to developmental potentialities especially : capable of differentiating into one of many cell types pluripotent stem cells

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Another approach would take advantage of recent breakthroughs in manipulating a kind of stem cell called induced pluripotent stem cells, which can be generated from other adult cells. — Daniel Fernandez, Smithsonian, "Can the Northern White Rhino Be Brought Back From the Brink of Extinction?," 22 May 2018 These induced pluripotent stem cells, as they are called, are to be created from the patients themselves. — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Rhino pregnancy stirs hope for a nearly extinct species," 17 May 2018 And at Harvard, stem cell biologist Paola Arlotta (also one of the essay's authors) grew 31 human brain organoids over periods as long as nine months and watched as pluripotent stem cells gave rise to human retinal cells alongside other brain cells. — Melissa Healy, latimes.com, "Brainstorming the ethics of neuroscience research in the age of organoids," 27 Apr. 2018 With just a small amount of skin cells called fibroblasts, scientists can grow these so-called induced pluripotent stem cells, then direct them to form human brain tissue. — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Salk researchers build better mini-brains to study neurological diseases," 25 Apr. 2018 Theoretically, this can be done by turning frozen rhino cells into cells that can transform into any cell of the body, called pluripotent stem cells. — Alessandra Potenza, The Verge, "Inside the high-tech plot to save the northern white rhino from extinction," 6 Apr. 2018 The usual method for making these cells, called induced pluripotent stem (IPS) cells, is to reprogram them by inserting four genes carried by viruses. — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Antibody-created stem cells may have superior properties," 11 Sep. 2017 Induced pluripotent stem cells do not carry the ethical objection many have to using human embryonic stem cells. — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Antibody-created stem cells may have superior properties," 11 Sep. 2017 Reprogrammed cells Both studies used artificial embryonic stem cells, called induced pluripotent stem cells (IPS). — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Brain cell replacement for Parkinson's boosted by monkey study," 30 Aug. 2017

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