Bone-marrow-derived multipotent progenitor stromal cells — or mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) — are the common predecessors of cells of the mesenchymal lineage, such as bone, cartilage and fat ...

Blood stem cells (hematopoietic cells) reside in bone marrow and continuously produce a variety of blood and immune system cells. Mesenchymal ... development but, as we are beginning to learn ...