multipotent
Americanadjective
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Origin of multipotent
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During osteoporosis, these multipotent cells tend to turn into fat-creating cells instead, but they could be reprogrammed to help treat the disease.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2023
On its Web site, the Utah Cord Bank touts its products as containing “young multipotent cells” that can turn into many kinds of tissue.
From The New Yorker ● May 7, 2019
Hierarchically related lineage-restricted fates of multipotent hematopoietic stem cells.
From Nature ● Jan. 23, 2018
These cells are genetically reprogrammed multipotent adult cells that function like embryonic stem cells; they are capable of generating cells characteristic of all three germ layers.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Not the archangel Gabriel, nor his multipotent adversary, durst attempt any such thing!'
From Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
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