stem cells

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Across
  1. 2. Stem cell closely linked to tumor growth
  2. 7. Microenvironment that supports stem cells
  3. 8. The process by which stem cells become specialized
  4. 9. Stem cells isolated from bone ______
  5. 12. Found in early developmental stage
  6. 14. Mesenchymal stem cells are often abbreviated as MSCs
  7. 15. Stem cells with limited differentiation capacity
  8. 16. Stem cell source from umbilical ______
  9. 17. Cell surface molecules used for identification
  10. 19. Special stem cell formed by reprogramming adult cells
  11. 20. Source of mesenchymal stem cells: ______ tissue after birth
Down
  1. 1. Early but more committed than stem cells
  2. 3. Flexible ability of stem cells to switch lineages
  3. 4. Can form almost all cell types but not placenta
  4. 5. Basic unit of tissue engineering
  5. 6. Ability to form all cell types including placenta
  6. 10. Stem cell pathway that produces blood cells
  7. 11. Instrumental analysis used to identify stem cell properties
  8. 13. Structural tissue that houses marrow
  9. 18. Found in mature tissues like bone marrow