Stem Cell terms starting with U

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1. Umbilical cord blood stem cells stem cells collected from the umbilical cord at birth that can produce all of the blood cells in the body (hematopoietic).
2. Umbilical cord stem cells Hematopoietic stem cells are present in the blood of the umbilical cord during and shortly after delivery.
3. Undifferentiated A term used to describe cells or tissues that do not have specialized ("mature") structures or functions.
4. Unipotent Refers to a cell that can only develop in a specific way to produce a certain end result.
5. Unipotent stem cells Stem cells that self-renew as well as give rise to a single mature cell type; e.g., spermatogenic stem cells.
6. Uterine Pertaining to the uterus.