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Stem cells are the primitive cells present in all organisms that can divide and give rise to more stem cells or switch to become more specialized cells, such as those of the blood, brain, heart or liver. Embryonic stem (ES) cells are present very early in development and can give rise to all tissues of the adult individual. There are therefore termed “pluripotent”. Stem cells are also present in some adult tissues capable of regeneration and repair after injury although in very small numbers. Probably exceptionally, the adult heart contains no stem cells and is incapable of repair.
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Mummery, C. et al. (2002). Towards Human Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes. In: Doevendans, P.A., Kääb, S. (eds) Cardiovascular Genomics: New Pathophysiological Concepts. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 242. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1005-5_20
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