Stem cells: The therapy of the future (I)

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  • María D Cuenca-López Spain
  • José Becerra Spain
  • José A Andrades Spain

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stem cells, therapy, future

Abstract

Stem cells, or more correctly, progenitor cells (a stricter term, translated from the English ‘stem cell’), distinguish themselves from any other type of cell in the following characteristics: firstly, they have the ability to divide to originate new stem cells (what is known as self-renewal), thus constituting a source of these same cells; secondly, they have the potential to differentiate, under certain conditions, into different cellular lineages (what is known as plasticity), such as: neuronal cells, hepatic cells, epithelial cells, muscular cells, bone cells, etc

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2007-01-20

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Cuenca-López, M. D., Becerra, J., & Andrades, J. A. (2007). Stem cells: The therapy of the future (I). Encuentros En La Biología, (114), 3–4. Retrieved from https://www.revistas.uma.es/index.php/enbio/article/view/18613