Embryonic stem cells are totipotent. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Studies of testicular teratomas showed that these tumours contain totipotent cells. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Advanced Information] Reference
The first cells to arise from a fertilized ovum are described as totipotent ( "potent for everything"). From Wordnik.com. [Autotomous Penes & Endless War] Reference
These are so-called totipotent cells, meaning that they have ability to differentiate, or diversify, into any type of cell. From Wordnik.com. [IOL: News] Reference
They have not usually been described as totipotent because, the inner cell mass having already differentiated from trophoblast, the cells of the inner cell mass were believed to be no longer able to give rise to the cells of the trophoblast. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
But this whole idea that there are three different types of cells out there -- there are what as known as totipotent cells which come from the very earliest stages of an embryo -- they can develop into anything, including another human being. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 20, 2007] Reference
At this stage the cells are just at the very beginning of cellular differentiation and are said to be totipotent (See totipotency). From Wordnik.com. [blastula] Reference
Plant cells are also totipotent, which helps to explain why a graft of a plant can generate a whole new individual out of just a small branch cutting. From Wordnik.com. [totipotency] Reference
Synopsis: The Scypha, a totipotent alien race who have left their home world named Chaos, offer humanity three habitable worlds to call their own in exchange for berth on the Great Ship. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: Forbidden Planets edited by Marvin Kaye] Reference
That statement is also misleading since ASCs are limited because they are multipotent but not totipotent - they can form some, but by no means all of the different kinds of cells in the body. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Klitzman, M.D.: Conservatives Killing Research That Could Potentially Save Millions of Americans] Reference
While each somatic stem cell of the adult organism is committed to a certain line of differentiation, the early embryo contains stem cells that are totipotent, i.e. they give rise to all cell types in the developing organism. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Advanced Information] Reference
(Unlike embryonic stem cells from blastocysts, however, IPSCs are not totipotent.). From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
This highly specialized, totipotent cell is the beginning of embryonic development. From Wordnik.com. [ProLifeBlogs] Reference
Freiburg, Germany Plants maintain pools of totipotent stem cells throughout their entire life. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Embryonic stem cells are totipotent, capable of generating all of the body's specialized cells. From Wordnik.com. [Spero News] Reference
(Again, a totipotent cell is one that could develop into a complete organism if put in the right circumstances.). From Wordnik.com. [Reason Magazine - All Reason Articles from the Past Year: Page 1] Reference
This plasticity is greatly favored by the primitive nature, poorly differentiated and totipotent, of polymodal nociceptors. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Albeit difficult to draw the line, it is blatantly obvious that a totipotent cell with a drive to make copies of itself is not a human being. From Wordnik.com. [timesofmalta.com] Reference
The fertilised embryo possesses the greatest plasticity; it is totipotent and can differentiate into all cell types of the foetus as well as the placenta. From Wordnik.com. [innovations-report] Reference
"I cannot see any intrinsic morally significant difference between a mature skin cell, the totipotent stem cell derived from it, and a fertilised egg," writes Savulescu. From Wordnik.com. [Reason Magazine - All Reason Articles from the Past Year: Page 1] Reference
Embryonic stem cells are very nearly totipotent, reserving the elite privileges of choosing among most if not all of the differentiation pathways that specify the animal. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Hip hope from stem cell technique] Reference
Redly at totipotent circumspection to semarang no semitransparency in unsweetened groom, a east raleigh, they are so delphian stolidly endamoeba treble the old presto way. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
"It's important to remember that essentially every cell in our body has a full complement of genes and in that sense is potentially totipotent," Varmus, the NIH director, reminded the National Bioethics Advisory Commission. From Wordnik.com. [Reason Magazine - All Reason Articles from the Past Year: Page 1] Reference
No test is reported to determine if totipotent cells (which could be newly formed human embryos) are inadvertently formed while producing iPS cells, and any damage to the original cell's DNA or any left-over foreign DNA would surely cause serious immune rejection reactions in the patients. From Wordnik.com. [RenewAmerica] Reference
In addition, I'd like to point out that embryonic stem cells are superior to adult SCs because embryonic SCs are totipotent (at least to the 4-cell stage), meaning that they can differentiate into all of the different cell types in the body, and indeed can become a complete individual if seperated. From Wordnik.com. [Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com] Reference
One might even in fact imagine generating a cell that is totipotent in that manner. ". From Wordnik.com. [Reason Magazine - All Reason Articles from the Past Year: Page 1] Reference
This highly specialized, totipotent cell marks the beginning of each of us as a unique individual. ". From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Financial News] Reference
This highly specialized, totipotent cell marked the beginning of each of us as a unique individual. ". From Wordnik.com. [U.S. News] Reference
C) potential to become totipotent. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
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