Most of a cell's DNA is not translated

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Stem cells

Undifferentiated cells that can continually divide to become specialised via differentiation

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What are the 4 types of stem cells?

  • Totipotent

  • Pluripotent

  • Multipotent

  • Unipotent

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Totipotent

Stem cells that can divide and differentiate into any type of body cell and placental cells

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Pluripotent

Stem cells that can divide and differentiate into any type of body cell but not placental cells

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Multipotent

Stem cells that can divide and differentiate into a limited number of cells

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Unipotent

Stem cells that can only divide and differentiate into one type of cell

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Give an example of a unipotent stem cell

Cardiomyocyte

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Cardiomyocyte role

Heart muscle cells that make up much of the tissue in our hearts and are responsible for the contraction of the heart

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Outline how induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells are produced

  1. Adult unipotent cell is taken

  2. DNA of cell is manipulated using appropriate transcription factors

  3. This turns on all genes in cell

  4. This induces body cell to become pluripotent

  5. These cells have self-renewal property so can divide indefinitely