Blood stem cells, which are found in the bone marrow, are an example of multipotent stem cells. The plasticity of stem cells, or their ability to change into other cells, declines as the degree of ...

Stem cells can be unipotent, multipotent, pluripotent or totipotent, depending on the number of cell types to which they can give rise. Chromosomal instability plays a crucial part in tumor ...

Another example are intestinal stem cells, which differentiate into both nutrient absorbing cells and cells that secrete hormones or mucus. Depending on the tissue, the tissue renewing stem cells are ...