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pluripotency

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[ploor-uh-poht-uhn-see] / ˌplʊər əˈpoʊt ən si /

noun

  1. Biology. the fact or condition of being pluripotent.


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The other 8CLCs displayed higher expression of pluripotency genes.

From Science Daily Sep. 21, 2023

It was long assumed that when these embryonic cells lose their pluripotency, that versatility is gone forever.

From Scientific American May 31, 2023

The pluripotency genes then returned to dormancy when the process was complete.

From New York Times Sep. 6, 2022

In those efforts and many others since, stem cells from cow embryos would develop into other cell types when grown in a lab dish, meaning that they would quickly lose their “stemmy-ness,” or pluripotency.

From Science Magazine Feb. 5, 2018

Early mammalian embryogenesis is controlled by mechanisms that govern the balance between pluripotency and differentiation.

From Nature Sep. 19, 2017

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