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The cluster of cells found inside the blastocyst that gives rise to all the cells of the body in the developing human organism.

Domain: Medical; Categoria: Stem cell research

Able form multiple mature cell types that constitute an entire tissue or tissues. Example: haematopoietic (blood) stem cells.

Domain: Medical; Categoria: Stem cell research

Stem cells that can give rise to a limited number of other cell types. They are committed to becoming a variety of cell types associated with specific functions or organs/tissues (e.g., blood, heart, ...

Domain: Medical; Categoria: Stem cell research

Cellular micro-environment providing the support and stimuli necessary to sustain self-renewal

Domain: Medical; Categoria: Stem cell research

Able to form two or more mature cell types within a tissue. For example, neural stem cells that can create a subset of neurons in the brain are oligopotent.

Domain: Medical; Categoria: Stem cell research

An egg before maturation; a female gametocyte; also called an ovocyte.

Domain: Medical; Categoria: Stem cell research

The oval spongy structure in the uterus from which the fetus derives its nourishment and oxygen. The placenta develops from the outer cell layer of the blastocyst, called the trophoblast.

Domain: Medical; Categoria: Stem cell research

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