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What classes of stem cells are there?

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Stem cells may be pluripotent or multipotent. Pluripotent stem cells can give rise to any type of cell in the body except those needed to support and develop a fetus in the womb. Whereas stem cells that can give rise only to a small number of different cell types are called multipotent.

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