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Stem Cells

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5.	Omnipotent
6.	The process by which stem cells from one tissue differentiate into cells of another tissue
8.	The ___ is the innermost germ layer
13.	In addition to embryos and adult tissues, another source for stem cells is ___ blood
14.	Dolly was cloned from this type of stem cell
15.	In 1908 this Russian histologist proposed the term stem cell for scientific use (last name only)

18.	The fluid-filled cavity inside the blastocyst
19.	Cells that can be maintained and grown in a culture and display an immortal or indefinite life span (two words)
20.	Medical interventions that aim to repair damaged organs, most often by using stem cells to replace cells and tissues, is known as ___ medicine
21.	___ cells can differentiate into nearly any cell or cells derived from any of the three germ layers
22.	These stem cells give rise to all blood cell types

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1.	A multi-layered benign tumor that grows from pluripotent cells injected into mice with a dysfunctional immune system
2.	The capacity to differentiate into specialized cell types
3.	Cell division begins after the ___ forms
4.	The process whereby an unspecialized cell acquires the features of a specialized cell
7.	___ is the term to describe the ability to go through numerous cycles of cell division while maintaining an undifferentiated state
9.	A term that is currently used to define non-blood adult stem cells from a variety of tissues

10.	The ___ is the outermost germ layer
11.	The outer cell layer of a blastocyst
12.	These stem cells are isolated from blastocysts
16.	___ cells are early descendants of stem cells that can differentiate but cannot self-renew
17.	Expansion of the number of cells by the continuous division of single cells

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5.	Omnipotent
6.	The process by which stem cells from one tissue differentiate into cells of another tissue
8.	The ___ is the innermost germ layer
13.	In addition to embryos and adult tissues, another source for stem cells is ___ blood
14.	Dolly was cloned from this type of stem cell
15.	In 1908 this Russian histologist proposed the term stem cell for scientific use (last name only)

18.	The fluid-filled cavity inside the blastocyst
19.	Cells that can be maintained and grown in a culture and display an immortal or indefinite life span (two words)
20.	Medical interventions that aim to repair damaged organs, most often by using stem cells to replace cells and tissues, is known as ___ medicine
21.	___ cells can differentiate into nearly any cell or cells derived from any of the three germ layers
22.	These stem cells give rise to all blood cell types

Down:

1.	A multi-layered benign tumor that grows from pluripotent cells injected into mice with a dysfunctional immune system
2.	The capacity to differentiate into specialized cell types
3.	Cell division begins after the ___ forms
4.	The process whereby an unspecialized cell acquires the features of a specialized cell
7.	___ is the term to describe the ability to go through numerous cycles of cell division while maintaining an undifferentiated state
9.	A term that is currently used to define non-blood adult stem cells from a variety of tissues

10.	The ___ is the outermost germ layer
11.	The outer cell layer of a blastocyst
12.	These stem cells are isolated from blastocysts
16.	___ cells are early descendants of stem cells that can differentiate but cannot self-renew
17.	Expansion of the number of cells by the continuous division of single cells

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