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ISB 204 Exam 2--Stem Cells
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
03/15/2012

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Term
stem cells
Definition
-have potential to develop into many different cell types
-unspecialized cells capable of renewing themselves through cell division
-can be induced to become tissue or organ specific cells
-serve in tissues as internal repair system
-may proliferate
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blstocyst
Definition
three to five day old embryo--inner cells give rise to entire body of organism
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inner cell mass
Definition
blastocyst cells from which embryonic stem cells are derived
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adult stem cells (SEE NOTES TOO)
Definition
undifferentiated cells found in developed tissue that have the capability to specialized into cell types from that tissue
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embryo
Definition
developing organism from fertilization until eight weeks of age
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plripotent
Definition
individual stem cell that can develop into many different types of tissues
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nduced pluripotenet stem cells
Definition
adult cells that have been reprogrammed to become similiar to embryonic stem cells
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long term self-renewal
Definition
continued division of stem cells into the same undifferentiated cells over a long period of time
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differentiation
Definition
process by which unspecialized stem cells develop into specialized cells
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unspecialized
Definition
does not have any tissue specific instructions that allow it to perform specilized functions
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totipotent
Definition
-having ability to give rise to all cell types of body plus all of the cell types that make up the extreambryonic tissues such as placenta
-can make totally different person
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pluripotent
Definition
having ability to give rise to all variose cell types of body
-cell can make everything in body except placenta
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multipotent
Definition
-having ability to develop into more than one cell type of the body
can only make some kinds of cells
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embryonic stem cells
Definition
SEE NOTES
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induced pluripotent stem cells (IPSC's)---(SEE NOTES)
Definition
-adult cells that have been reprogrammed to become similiar to embryonic stem cells
-genetically reprogrammed to an embryonic stem cell
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SCNT and embryonic stem cells
Definition
overlap between two and how they relate
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which process is required for stem cell to produce two new stem cells (self-renewal)
Definition
DNA replication
Mitosis
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