细胞生物学-21干细胞与组织工程2.pptVIP

干细胞与组织工程 黄 辰 生物医学基础研究中心 遗传学与分子生物学系 干细胞生物学 Stem cells----cells that have the ability to divide for indefinite periods and to give rise to specialized cells. Stem cells have two important characteristics that distinguish them from other types of cells. First, they are unspecialized cells that renew themselves for long periods through cell division. The second is that under certain physiologic or experimental conditions, they can be induced to become cells with special functions. Stem cells: A primer