pluripotent

[ploor-uh-poht-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.

pluripotent

/ ˌplʊrɪˈpəʊtənt /

adjective

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

Other Word Forms

• pluripotency noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pluripotent¹

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

Example Sentences

Others may be important for keeping human stem cells "pluripotent", or able to become any one of many different types of human cell.

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Dr. Alessandro Gardini was interested in the signals and inputs that cause pluripotent stem cells to commit to developing into neural cells during the process of "neurogenesis": the formation of the human nervous system, including the brain.

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Using UniMat, the team successfully produced kidney organoids featuring nephron structures and blood vessels similar to those found in human kidneys from human-induced pluripotent stem cells, achieving consistent quality and greatly improving production efficiency.

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In this new research, through a set of experiments conducted in collaboration with Dr Ralf Jauch's lab in The University of Hong Kong / Centre for Translational Stem Cell Biology, the team introduced choanoflagellate Sox genes into mouse cells, replacing the native Sox2 gene achieving reprogramming towards the pluripotent stem cell state.

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Once the membrane was in place, the team added human induced pluripotent stem cell derivatives into the chip.

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