found: Work cat: Adult stem cells : biology and methods of analysis, 2011:p. 4 (Adult tissue stem cells are called somatic stem cells to distinguish them from the germline stem cells of the gonads that generate haploid egg and sperm, the totipotent stem cells of the early morula stage embryo, and the pluripotent "embryonic" stem cells of the pregastrulation blastocyst)
found: MeSH browser, Sept. 12, 2016(Adult stem cells ... Cells with high proliferative and self renewal capacities derived from adults) [MeSH UFs] (Adult germline stem cells, Adult somatic stem cells, Germline adult stem cells, Oogonial stem cells, Somatic adult stem cells, Spermatogonial progenitor cells)
found: Stem cells basics IV. - stemcells.nih.gov, via WWW, Sept. 12, 2016(IV. What are adult stem cells? An adult stem cell is thought to be an undifferentiated cell, found among differentiated cells in a tissue or organ. The adult stem cell can renew itself and can differentiate to yield some or all of the major specialized cell types of the tissue or organ. The primary roles of adult stem cells in a living organism are to maintain and repair the tissue in which they are found. Scientists also use the term somatic stem cell instead of adult stem cell, where somatic refers to cells of the body (not the germ cells, sperm or eggs). Unlike embryonic stem cells, which are defined by their origin (cells from the preimplantation-stage embryo), the origin of adult stem cells in some mature tissues is still under investigation)
found: International Society for Stem Cell Research WWW home page, Sept. 12, 2016resources/learn about stem cells/glossary (Adult stem cells -- 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 to all different cell types of the body)
found: Stem cells: what they are and what they do - Mayo Clinic, via WWW, Sept. 13, 2016(Adult stem cells. These stem cells are found in small numbers in most adult tissues, such as bone marrow or fat. Compared with embryonic stem cells, adult stem cells have a more limited ability to give rise to various cells of the body. Until recently, researchers thought adult stem cells could create only similar types of cells. For instance, researchers thought that stem cells residing in the bone marrow could give rise only to blood cells. However, emerging evidence suggests that adult stem cells may be able to create unrelated types of cells)
