Definitions
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Sprouting venous endothelial cells dedifferentiate as they migrate over and invade the myocardium.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Kristy Red-Horse 2010
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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
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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
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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
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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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