What Are Stem Cells? Adult, Fetal & Cord Blood Stem Cells
What are Stem Cells?
Learn about the different types and what they do and why they are important.
What are they?
Stem cells are cells of the body that have the ability to differentiate into other cell/tissue types. These unspecialized or un-programmed cells have the potential to change into muscle, cartilage, bone or other specialized cell types. Any body part that regenerates or “repairs itself” has cells type stem. These cells act as backup, ready to replace other cells that get damaged. There is no current evidence that back-up these cells exist for vital tissues and organs such as: nerves, spinal cord, brain, heart, kidneys and pancreas. The development of new sources of stem type cells for these tissues is currently in the research phase.