pluripotent

American  

[ploor-uh-poht-nt] / ˌplʊər əˈpoʊt nt /

adjective

Biology.

1. (of a cell) capable of developing into any type of cell or tissue except those that form a placenta or embryo.

   pluripotent stem cells.

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pluripotent British  

/ ˌplʊrɪˈpəʊtənt /

adjective

1. biology capable of differentiating into different types of body cell

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Other Word Forms

• pluripotency noun

Etymology

Origin of pluripotent

First recorded in 1915–20; from Latin plūr- (stem of plūs “plus”) + English potent ¹

Example Sentences

To understand the consequences, the researchers reprogrammed skin cells from affected patients into induced pluripotent stem cells.

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Possible solutions include producing large amounts of islet cells in the laboratory from pluripotent human stem cells or developing methods that help transplanted donor islets survive longer and function more efficiently after transplantation.

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They then used human cells that had been reprogrammed into pluripotent stem cells through molecular biology techniques.

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To produce youthful versions, researchers used human induced pluripotent stem cells -- adult cells reprogrammed to an early embryonic-like state -- to generate new, young mononuclear phagocytes.

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Dr. Cohen's laboratory has led the way in developing techniques that grow living brain cells from patient samples using induced pluripotent stem cell technology.

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