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