Stem Cells Department



The Stem Ccell and Regeneration Capacity Section

We are going to do an induction course of the relationship between stem cells and regenation capacity.

Stem cells are cells having high regeneration capacity we said.

It has a skill to be cells thing lost.This skill is the regeneration capacity!!

People's stem cells only can be specific lost cell.

But planarian's body is all made of stem cells,and they can be any cells!

This is the difference of regeneration capacity between person and planarians.

OK!Let's remember one vocabulary.

We call the skill taht can be any cells like planarian's stem cells "totipotency".。

Maybe this vocabulary will come out at iPS cell department.So it good for you to remember this vocabulary!

Finish this induction course of this section.。

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