Endogenous Adult-Derived Telomerase-Positive Stem Cells
Discovered in 1975 Located in the connective tissues throughout the body, ~ 10% of all stem cells in the body Found in 16 different species: terrestrial salamander, Komodo dragon, chicken, waddle crane, mouse, rat, rabbit, cat, dog, sheep, goat, pig, cow, speckled bear, horse, and human They are the natural healing cells of the body, they do NOT decrease in number with increasing age of the individual Cloned from single cells by repetitive serial dilution clonogenic analysis and then extensively characterized Consist of the following........