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Pluripotent stem cells

Embryonic pluripotent stem cells inforgraphic.

Embryonic stem cells are pluripotent. An embryo begins as a single, fertilised egg that divides to form a blastocyst. The blastocyst is made up of embryonic stem cells, which can differentiate into all cells, such as brain, heart, liver and lung cells.

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