pluripotent

adjective

plu·rip·o·tent plu̇-ˈri-pə-tənt

: not fixed as to developmental potentialities

especially : capable of differentiating into one of many cell types

pluripotent stem cells

Examples of pluripotent in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Why Trust Us? For decades, scientists have been able to create stems cells—known as induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells—from somatic cells, such as those found in our skin. —

Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2023 Singh says the ability to pick out pluripotent cells from REject cells within the early embryo will be indispensable for researchers studying regenerative medicine, who need to be able to grow different types of body tissues in order to create laboratory models of diseases. —

Celia Ford, WIRED, 17 July 2023 The development of the organoids field has been made possible by two bioengineering breakthroughs: induced pluripotent stem cells (IPSCs) and 3D cell culturing techniques. —

IEEE Spectrum, 23 Apr. 2023 So far, induced pluripotent stem cells seem able to do pretty much anything that real embryonic stem cells can do, including growing into embryolike structures in vitro. —

Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 13 June 2023 These findings show that human pluripotent stem cells can become part of ungulate embryos, but the process is not very efficient. —

Study Summaries, Scientific American, 17 May 2023 Using a technique developed by Nobel Prize laureate Shinya Yamanaka, Hayashi’s team has introduced genes into somatic cells to turn them into pluripotent stem cells, a type of cell that can stand in for an embryonic cell. —

Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2023 Lane Turner/Globe Staff The microscopic view of a blood sample taken from one of the centenarians after it is reprogrammed to become a pluripotent stem cell. —

Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023 The development of organoids has been made possible by two bioengineering breakthroughs: induced pluripotent stem cells and 3D cell culturing techniques. —

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