Vocabulary,+search+terms

Vocabulary Terms:


 * 1) Stem Cells: Undifferentiated, multipotential somatic cells from which otther, specializd cells arise by differentiation.
 * 2) Totipotent (Total Potency): Represent the cell created during the fusion of sperm and egg in conception, and the cells created in the next few cell division cycles.
 * 3) Pluripotent: Have the potential to create many but not all of the types of tissue necessary for the development of the entire being.
 * 4) Type One Diabetes: An autoimmune disease that destroys the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, typically need insulin shots to survive.
 * 5) Blastocyst: a distinctive stage of a mammalian embryo. It is a form of blastula that develops from a berrylike cluster of cells, the morula. A cavity appears in the morula between the cells of the inner cell mass and the enveloping layer. This cavity becomes filled with fluid. The blastocyst differs from the blastula in that it is composed of two already differentiated cell types, the inner cell mass and the enveloping layer.
 * 6) Adult Stem Cells: Stem cells that are already specialized; their potential to regenerate damaged tissue is very limited: skin cells will only become skin and cartilage cells will only become cartilage.
 * 7) Somatic Nuclear Cell Transfer: A somatic cell's DNA is inserted into an enucleated egg cell; SNTC is often unsuccessful, but when it works, this artificially created structure develops in much the same way as a fertilized egg.
 * 8) Oligodendrocyte: The therapy can revolve around coaxing the stem cells to develop into a type of cell known as an oligodendrocyte, which in turn gives rise to critical insulation and growth factors that can repair neurons damaged by a trauma to the spinal cord.