Pluripotency
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In cell biology, a pluripotent cell is one able to differentiate into most cell types.
In the members of Kingdom Animalia, pluripotent stem cells can develop into any of the three primary tissue types: endoderm (interior stomach lining, gastrointestinal tract, the lungs), mesoderm (muscle, bone, blood, urogenital), or ectoderm (epidermal tissues and nervous system). The endoderm is the innermost layer of the embryo. The mesoderm is in between, and the ectoderm is outermost. Pluripotent stem cells can eventually specialize in any bodily tissue, but they cannot themselves develop into a human being because they cannot develop into extraembrionic tissue, such as the placenta.
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