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- noun biology The change of one type of
differentiated cell into another;metaplasia
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The process is called transdifferentiationâthatâs when specialized cells change from one type into another.
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Due to a powerful spell called transdifferentiation it is possible, and before we get into the moral and social issues that such an advent w ...
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Due to a powerful spell called transdifferentiation it is possible, and before we get into the moral and social issues that such an advent w ...
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Due to a powerful spell called transdifferentiation it is possible, and before we get into the moral and social issues that such an advent w ...
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It is also the latest example of a process called 'transdifferentiation', in which adult cells take on an entirely different identity.
Scientific American 2010
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Most of the fibrogenic cells in the liver are a-smooth muscle actin-expressing myofibroblasts and most are derived from the transdifferentiation of hepatic stellate cells.
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Most of the fibrogenic cells in the liver are a-smooth muscle actin-expressing myofibroblasts and most are derived from the transdifferentiation of hepatic stellate cells.
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In vitro transdifferentiation of human fetal type II cells toward a type I-like cell.
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It does this through the cell development process of transdifferentiation.
The 'Immortal' jellyfish Not a sheep 2009
vanishedone commented on the word transdifferentiation
Telegraph: 'Turritopsis Nutricula is technically known as a hydrozoan and is the only known animal that is capable of reverting completely to its younger self.
'It does this through the cell development process of transdifferentiation.
'Scientists believe the cycle can repeat indefinitely, rendering it potentially immortal.'
February 4, 2009