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Stem cell plasticity, cell fusion, and transdifferentiation.
Birth defects research. Part C, Embryo today : reviews - 1 Aug 2003
Eisenberg Leonard M, Eisenberg Carol A
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One of the most contentious issues in biology today concerns the existence of stem cell plasticity. The term "plasticity" refers to the capacity of tissue-derived stem cells to exhibit a phenotypic potential that extends beyond the differentiated cell phenotypes of their resident tissue. Although evidence of stem cell plasticity has been reported by multiple laboratories, other scientists have not found the data...
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