Mitosis, growth and stem cells

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In modern regenerative medicine, researchers can reprogram adult skin fibroblasts to become induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). By exposing these unspecialised cells to a specific sequence of chemical signals in the laboratory, they can be directed to develop into mature, insulin-secreting pancreatic beta cells.

A scientific flow diagram showing the laboratory process of stem cell differentiation, from a skin fibroblast to an induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC), and finally to a specialised pancreatic beta cell.

State the biological term for the process in which these unspecialised stem cells develop into highly specialised cells, such as pancreatic beta cells.

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