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dedifferentiate

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  • verb To lose or reverse differentiation

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb lose specialization in form or function

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Examples

  • A Japanese team at Kyoto University has discovered how to reprogram skin cells so that they “dedifferentiate” into the equivalent of an embryonic stem cell.

    The Anti-Science Party 2007

  • A Japanese team at Kyoto University has discovered how to reprogram skin cells so that they “dedifferentiate” into the equivalent of an embryonic stem cell.

    Stromata Blog: 2007

  • In other words, a skin cell can dedifferentiate into a stem cell, then regenerate into a muscle cell or another completely different type of cell.

    Cells That Go Back in Time Kristen Philipkoski 2005

  • Sprouting venous endothelial cells dedifferentiate as they migrate over and invade the myocardium.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Kristy Red-Horse 2010

  • Sure enough, Pajcini and Pomerantz found that blocking the expression of both Rb and ARF allowed individual myocytes isolated from mouse muscle to dedifferentiate and begin dividing.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Sure enough, Pajcini and Pomerantz found that blocking the expression of both Rb and ARF allowed individual myocytes isolated from mouse muscle to dedifferentiate and begin dividing.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Sure enough, Pajcini and Pomerantz found that blocking the expression of both Rb and ARF allowed individual myocytes isolated from mouse muscle to dedifferentiate and begin dividing.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • The virus carries dedifferentiate and then gain the ability to differentiate into any type of cell in the body and to indefinitely propagate itself.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] MichaelsonM 2009

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