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Flashcards in Diagnostics and genetic counselling Deck (7)
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How are stem cells applied

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replacement strategies
-cell therapies and tissue engineering
toxicology and pharmacology
-screening new and old drugs
developmental biology
-clues to harness resident cells
-in situ regeneration strategies
immunology
-autoimmunity/inflammation
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Multipotent

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Multipotent cells can develop into more than one cell type, but are more limited than pluripotent cells

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pluripotent

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Pluripotent cells can give rise to all of the cell types that make up the body; embryonic stem cells are considered pluripotent

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Stem cells are capable of

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self renewal
proliferation
differentiation

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progenitor cells capable of

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differentiation

proliferation

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somatic cells capable of

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proliferation

7
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A pool of stem cells are maintained by ?

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asymmetrical cell division in the stem cell niche