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The number of these cells injected into irradiated mice is proportional to the number of discrete splenic nodules that formed in experiments demonstrating their existence by Till and McCulloch. John Dick identified a subpopulation of these cells in tumors that initiate relapse, called their “cancer” type. These cells are maintained in intestinal crypts and other eponymous (10[1])“niches.” Genes like Nanog and Oct4 are among the factors (10[1])named for Yamanaka that “induce” somatic cells to become these cells. (10[1])Patients receive the hematopoietic (10[1]-5[1])type of these cells in a bone marrow transplant. The self-renewal capacity and pluripotency (10[1])of these cells (10[1])make them (10[1])a common (10[1])research topic (10[1])in regenerative medicine. For 10 points, name these cells that can differentiate into various other cell types. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: stem cells [accept totipotent stem cells or pluripotent stem cells or multipotent stem cells; accept hematopoietic stem cells; accept cancer stem cells; accept intestinal stem cells; accept induced pluripotent stem cells or iPSCs]
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Peter NelsonYale BWilliams A5510
Sohum SukhatankarHarvard AYale C6510
Yvonne PanAmherst ADiamond Brandeis7610
Sovannjet LimMIT ACarabrandeis80-5
Rajat SethiNortheastern ATufts B8010
Matthew SiffYale ATufts A9410
Max WoodBrandeises BrewBrown A9710
RichardBowdoin ABowdoin B9910
Andrew MessersmithA Brandeis SupremeBoston University A10110
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Jack YesnerCarabrandeisMIT A12010