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pluripotent cell

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pluripotent cell [′plūr·ə‚pōt·ent ‚sel]
(embryology)
A cell capable of differentiating into most cell types found in an organism but not capable of forming a functional organism.
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During gestation these pluripotent cells will displace and breed, forming the human body and internal organs of the fetus.
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Pluripotent cells are believed to be quite similar to human embryonic stem cells with the uncanny ability to morph into whatever appendage, organ or tissue happens to be needed or due for a replacement.
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Pluripotent cells are spectacularly versatile cells that, like human embryonic stem cells, are somehow coaxed by chemical signals into differentiating into the specific tissues that make up skin, bone, nerves, muscle and so on.
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