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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[2])“niches.” Genes like Nanog and Oct4 are among the factors named for Yamanaka that “induce” somatic cells to become these cells. (10[1])Patients receive the hematopoietic (10[1])type of these cells in a bone (10[1])marrow transplant. (10[2])The self-renewal capacity and pluripotency (10[1])of these cells make them a (10[1])common research (10[1])topic in regenerative medicine. For 10 (10[1])points, name these cells that can differentiate into various other cell types. ■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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Cyrus ZhouWUSTL ACentral Oklahoma5510
Cyrus ZhouWUSTL ACentral Oklahoma5510
Dylan Randall (D2)Ole MissTexas C7610
Thomas Doyle (UG)Vassar BArkansas8010
Abigail Zimmerman (UG)IowaVassar A8710
Chloe Wei (D2)McGill ETexas A8910
Jackson Hopper (UG)Mississippi StateNYU B8910
Eshan Pant (D2)NYU ATexas D9410
Jackson Hopper (UG)Mississippi StateMcGill E10010
Owen Gilroy (D2)Texas BColorado College10210
Mitchell Hackett (D2)Central OklahomaVassar A10810