• Question: What are Multipotent stem cells?

    Asked by penguin27 to Sharon, Kara on 14 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
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      Sharon Sneddon answered on 14 Mar 2011:

      Multipotent stem cells are able to form multiple (ie multi-as the name suggests) mature (adult) cell types that will make up an entire tissue or tissues. For example: haematopoietic (blood) stem cells are multi-potent as they can give rise to all the different types of cells that constitute our blood.

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