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neoblast

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neoblast [′nē·ə‚blast]
(invertebrate zoology)
Any of various undifferentiated cells in annelids which migrate to and proliferate at sites of repair and regeneration.
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RESULTS The extraordinary ability of Planaria to regenerate after injury is attributed to the presence of totipotent neoblasts capable of differentiating into all of the tissue types [1, 4].
Frequency sensitivity of nanosecond pulse EMF on regrowth and hsp70 ... by Madkan, Ash; Lin-Ye, Avary; Pantazatos, Spiro P.; Geddis, Matthew S.; Blank, Martin; Goodman, Reba / Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering (JBiSE)
Overlapping and divergent actions of estrogens and the neurotrophins on cell fate and p53-dependent signal transduction in conditionally immortalized cerebral cortex neoblasts.
Environmental estrogens alter early development in Xenopus laevis. ... by Henderson, Leslie P. / Environmental Health Perspectives
Scattered within the planarian body, neoblasts apparently remain in an unspecialized, stem cell state, which enables them to differentiate into any cell type.
Starting over: some animals can regenerate limbs or even most of ... by Travis, John / Science News
 
 
 
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