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Stem Cell Biology
Learn about embryonic and adult stem cells, pluripotency, differentiation, regenerative medicine, and therapeutic applications. Understand how stem cells shape the future of medicine.
Embryonic Stem Cells (ESCs)
Understand how ESCs are derived and their properties.
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs)
A quiz on the "Yamanaka factors" and the creation of iPSCs from adult cells.
The Stem Cell Niche
Explore the microenvironment that regulates stem cell self-renewal and differentiation.
Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine
An advanced quiz on the therapeutic potential and challenges of stem cell therapy.
Stem Cell Potency
Define and differentiate totipotent, pluripotent, and multipotent stem cells.
Dictionary
Key Stem Cell Biology Terms
Plain definitions, with how to say each word and where it comes from.
- Cell differentiation
Cell differentiation is the process by which an unspecialized cell becomes a specialized type, such as a neuron or muscle cell, by switching on a set of genes.
- Embryonic stem cell
An embryonic stem cell is a pluripotent stem cell taken from the inner cell mass of an early embryo, the blastocyst, and able to form every type of body cell.
- Hematopoietic stem cell
A hematopoietic stem cell is a multipotent stem cell, found mainly in the bone marrow, that renews itself and gives rise to every type of blood cell.
- Induced pluripotent stem cell
An induced pluripotent stem cell is an adult body cell, such as a skin cell, reprogrammed in the lab to be pluripotent, much like an embryonic stem cell.
- Mesenchymal stem cell
A mesenchymal stem cell is a multipotent adult cell, found in bone marrow, fat and other tissues, that can turn into bone, cartilage or fat cells.
- Multipotency
Multipotency is the ability of a stem cell to develop into several kinds of specialized cell, but only those of one tissue or a closely related family.
Research
Calculators for Stem Cell Biology
Free, with the formula and a worked example for each.
- Hemocytometer Calculator
Cells per mL, viability with trypan blue, total cells and the volume to seed, from a hemocytometer count.
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