Sentences with phrase «unlike other cells in the body»

Cancer cells are unlike any other cell in the body and they act totally out of line with normal cell functions.

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Unlike most other cells in the human body, heart cells do not have the ability to self - repair or regenerate effectively, making heart attack and heart failure severe and debilitating.

Unlike other cell types, stem cells are unspecialized cells uniquely capable of making copies of themselves (self - renewing), differentiating into specialized cell types, and helping to maintain some tissues in the human body.

But bone marrow stem cells have their limitations because, unlike stem cells from cord blood which are pluripotent (that is the cells can become any other cell in the body - from the Latin for very many and having power), stem cells from bone marrow are only multipotent (Latin: many and having power).