Diagnostics and genetic counselling Flashcards
1
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How are stem cells applied
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replacement strategies -cell therapies and tissue engineering toxicology and pharmacology -screening new and old drugs developmental biology -clues to harness resident cells -in situ regeneration strategies immunology -autoimmunity/inflammation
2
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Multipotent
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Multipotent cells can develop into more than one cell type, but are more limited than pluripotent cells
3
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pluripotent
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Pluripotent cells can give rise to all of the cell types that make up the body; embryonic stem cells are considered pluripotent
4
Q
Stem cells are capable of
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self renewal
proliferation
differentiation
5
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progenitor cells capable of
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differentiation
proliferation
6
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somatic cells capable of
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proliferation
7
Q
A pool of stem cells are maintained by ?
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asymmetrical cell division in the stem cell niche
