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work_uw6vl55rqjcqhjhoopaptl7q7q	Melinda Bonnie Fagan	The Stem Cell Uncertainty Principle	2013	24	.pdf	application/pdf	5564	414	56	Keywords: Experiment, Models, Stem cells, Technology, Uncertainty Abstract: Stem cells are defined by capacities for both self-renewal and differentiation. capacities relative to an experimental context; the stem cell concept imposes evidential Section 2 explicates the general stem cell concept, focusing on processes of self-renewal Stem cells are defined as cells capable of both self-renewal and differentiation. become more similar to an adult cell type either by changing values of a set of characters C (x1 to This basic method identifies stem cells by three sets of characters: of organismal source, Yet measurement of their values is the linchpin of stem cell experiments. Stem cell experiments involve two sets of measurements, both of which provide data about capacities as a stem cell parent has the same potential for differentiation and for self-renewal. Figure 2 The stem cell concept: (a) self-renewal, (b) differentiation, (c) both.	./cache/work_uw6vl55rqjcqhjhoopaptl7q7q.pdf	./txt/work_uw6vl55rqjcqhjhoopaptl7q7q.txt