Totipotent Stem Cells

Creator: Dr. Reeja Tharu
Keywords: Totipotent stem cells, development, human body, man, women, egg cell, sperm cell, single cell, zygote, cell types, precursor cells, cell divisions, identical twins, cell mass, genetic, embryos

Written by - Dr. Reeja Tharu, M.Phil.,Ph.D

Medically Reviewed by - The Medindia Medical Review Team

Last Updated on Jun 19, 2020

Totipotent Stem Cells:

In development of human, the egg cell (from a women) and the sperm cell (from a man) fuse together to form a single cell called the zygote.

The zygote divides multiple times to form 216 different cell types and these are the precursor cells for formation of the entire two to three trillion cells that eventually forms the entire human body.
The zygote which is formed and the first three cell divisions are capable of forming the entire human body.
These formed cells are called as totipotent stem cells.
Identical twins are formed when the dividing cell mass splits apart at this stage, which leads to genetically identical embryos.

Published on Mar 29, 2016
Last Updated on Jun 19, 2020

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JODY2513

i need a stem cell transplant for c.i.d.p. i have been on iv Gamma Glub for 10 years

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Anandkumarsrivastava

I am based in Delhi. How can I avail of your services? how about the costs etc? A.K. Srivastava

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reejatharu

we can get totipotent stem cells from human embryos that are created invitro in ART labs.

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guest

Hello,
I am a c2/c3 quad on a ventilator. I have been paralyzed for 15 years as a result from fooling with a friend. I writing to find about any type of human spinal cord rejuvenation trials. If so or any type along that line, then please let me know.
Thanks

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roheet

contact reelabs at mumbai, reference roheet gupta. they have done such cases sussessfully

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Gabriel

I know that Miami college in Florida has been working on this in animals, so they can do this in humans. They have been doing wonders. Give them a call. It might just change your life. Be persistent about it with them. You could also call up Pen State. Their are some wonderful BME people there. M for Medical that is. They might be able to help. Call Florida first for sure. God bless your journey.

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Namithann

A fertilised egg has totipotency, or total potential for about four days. Days after fertilisation,the totipotent stem cell divides and then matures to cause more specialised stem cells called pluripotent stem cells.Basically, the pluripotent stem cell can do everything the totipotent one can except for creating an entire organism.

so, how can we take totipotent cells frm a human? is tht practically possible? if we could, it wud be great, isn't it?

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Aarex

growing

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