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TeachMeFinance.com - explain differentiation differentiation The term 'differentiation' as it applies to the area of stem cell research can be defined as 'The process whereby an unspecialized embryonic cell acquires the features of a specialized cell such as a heart, liver, or muscle cell. Differentiation is controlled by the interaction of a cell's genes with the physical and chemical conditions outside the cell, usually through signaling pathways involving proteins embedded in the cell surface'. About the author
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