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Gene Expression in Stem Cells

Stem Cells

Stem Cells

Pluripotent, embryonic stem cells originate as inner cell mass (ICM) cells within a blastocyst. These stem cells can become any tissue in the body, excluding a placenta. Only cells from an earlier stage of the embryo, known as the morula, are totipotent, able to become all tissues in the body and the extraembryonic placenta.

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  • progenitor cell
  • totipotency
  • autologous
  • morula
  • pluripotent
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