Unspecialized, multipotent cells with a high differentiation potential found in virtually all tissues of the body. Their capacity for asymmetrical division allows them to both maintain the pool of ste [..]

Cells with high proliferative and self renewal capacities derived from Adults.

Undifferentiated cells in a tissue. These cells can grow into any of the types of specialised cells in that tissue.

stem cells derived from the tissues of an organism which has completed embryonic development.

Also called Non-embryonic stem cells - any kind of stem cell that has been taken from an adult source. Adult stem cell sources include bone marrow cells, umbilical cord blood cells and peripheral bloo [..]

Stem cells found in different tissues of the developed, adult organism that remain in an undifferentiated, or unspecialized, state. These stem cells can give rise to specialized cell types of the tissue from which they came, i.e., a heart stem cell can give rise to a functional heart muscle cell, but it is still unclear whether they can give rise t [..]