Sentences with phrase «specialized embryonic tissues»
In a developing embryo, stem cells can differentiate into all of the specialized embryonic tissues.
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When normal cells are transformed into cancer cells, this epithelial tissue can take on the characteristics of embryonic tissue, known as mesenchymal tissue, which is comprised of unspecialized cells that will develop, as the embryo matures, into more specialized tissues.
A human embryonic stem cell is reined in — prevented from giving up its unique characteristics of self - renewal and pluripotency — by the presence of a protein modification that stifles any genes that would prematurely instruct the cell to develop into heart or other specialized tissue.
It's not known what triggers the immune system to attack the embryonic stem cells, but the scientists believe it may be a protein that begins to appear on the surface of the cells as they differentiate into more - specialized tissues.