form all cell types of the

embryo and adult, including

germ cells and extra-
embryonic structures ( e.g.,
placenta)

form all cell types of the

embryo and adult, including
germ cells but not extra-

Stem Cells embryonic structures

able to form
many but not all
Self-renewal tissue cells of
the body

differentiation

form just one

other cell type
1 2 3

formed in the early the outermost layer of an

development of mammals. It embryo before it
possesses an inner cell mass differentiates into ectoderm
w/c forms the embryo. and mesoderm.

A progenitor cell is a biological cell

that, like a stem cell, has a
tendency to differentiate into a
specific type of cell, but is already
more specific than a stem cell and
is pushed to differentiate into its
"target" cell.

Progenitor cell

precursor cell
Totipotent cells can form all the cell types in a body, plus the found in fetal or adult
extraembryonic, or placental, cells. Embryonic cells within the first couple
of cell divisions after fertilization are the only cells that are totipotent. tissues
Pluripotent cells can give rise to all of the cell types that make up the partly differentiated cells
body; embryonic stem cells are considered pluripotent.
Multipotent cells can develop into more than one cell type, but are more
that divide and give rise
limited than pluripotent cells; adult stem cells and cord blood stem cells to differentiated cells
are considered multipotent. 4 5 6

Stem Cell Therapy Stem Cell Therapy

Deborah Catlyn
one of about 20 patients who have benefited from
ground-breaking stem-cell transplantation surgery,
performed by Sheraz Daya and his team at the
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells 7 13 Centre for Sight at Queen Victoria Hospital, UK 14
Stem Cell Therapy Macular degeneration

blurred or no vision in
the center of the visual
field

15 16 17
https://www.macular.org/what-macular-degeneration