Human embryonic and adult stem cells each have advantages and disadvantages regarding potential use for cell-based regenerative therapies. One major difference between adult and embryonic stem cells is their different abilities in the number and type of differentiated cell types they can become. read more
Adult stem cells on the other hand have partly committed to different cell fates. So, for example, you can only make muscle cells from adult stem cells found in muscle. The disadvantage to using embryonic stem cells, is that they have the potential to become cancerous. read more
The adult stem cells are derived from adult tissue, and have the ability to regenerate into all the cell types of the organ from which they originate. Embryonic Stem Cells, on the other hand, are stem cells that are derived from the inner cell mass of a blastocyst. read more
Embryonic stem cells, as they are called, have the potential to be any body cell. Adult stem cells on the other hand have partly committed to different cell fates. So, for example, you can only make muscle cells from adult stem cells found in muscle. The disadvantage to using embryonic stem cells, is that they have the potential to become cancerous. read more