A progenitor cell is a partly specialized cell that is the daughter of a stem cell. Progenitor cells have a more limited differentiation potential compared to stem cells and are committed to differentiating into specific cell types.
An undifferentiated cell is a basic cell that has not yet specialized into a specific cell type. Stem cells are a type of undifferentiated cell that can differentiate into different cell types. Nerve, skin, and blood cells are specialized cells that have differentiated from stem cells.
A stem cell can become any other type of specialized cell.
Stem cells differentiate into specific cell types through a process called cell signaling. This involves signals from the surrounding environment that instruct the stem cell to become a particular type of cell, such as a muscle cell or a nerve cell. These signals activate specific genes within the stem cell, guiding its development into the desired cell type.
An embryonic stem cell potentially can develop into ANY cell in the body theoretically without limit to replenish, and an adult stem cell is only able to mature into a specialised tissue cell from which tissue the cell is positioned.
The process of blood cell replacement not just erythrocytes (red blood cells) from a pluripotential Hematopoietic stem cell.
Stem cells are unspecialized (= undifferentiated). This means that they lack distinctive form (morphology, shape) equipping them for some special purpose in the body. The above sounds a negative description, of what they are not like! More positively: stem cells are small and more or less spherical. Their role is to be pluripotential or even totipotential, which means able to develop into any one of a number of different types of specialized cell types.
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Stem Cell
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Technically, a stem cell is a type of cell that can be transformed into any type of cell, so any type of stem cell can be transformed into a cell that makes fat and/or bone...
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Multipotent stem cells
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Stem cell culture refers to the process of growing and maintaining stem cells in a laboratory setting. This involves providing the necessary conditions, such as specific growth factors and nutrients, to support the proliferation and differentiation of stem cells. Stem cell culture is essential for research, drug development, and regenerative medicine applications.
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A progenitor cell is a partly specialized cell that is the daughter of a stem cell. Progenitor cells have a more limited differentiation potential compared to stem cells and are committed to differentiating into specific cell types.