Definition of "multipotency" []

• The ability of a progenitor cell to develop into a limited number of cell types (noun)

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• "To confirm that the immortal T-IhNSCs lines that we had established did, in fact, bear the features of hNSCs, we proceeded by establishing as to whether they possessed the defining hNSCs feature known as multipotency, i.e. the ability to generate all the three major neural cell types: neurons, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes"
• "“Stromal stem cells derived from menstrual blood exhibit stem cell properties, such as the capacity for self-renewal and multipotency,” said Amit N."
• "STAT3 is required for proliferation and maintenance of multipotency in glioblastoma stem cells"