Most mature cells have characters, such as a distinctive shape, which make them easy to identify.
The mature cells are mere pawns, with a single role.
Hamartomas are composed of mature cells and tissue normally found in the affected area.
Plasticity is the stem cell's ability to become several types of mature cell.
It is not uncommon to also have mature fat cells.
In many species, mature cells divide daily into two daughter cells.
These are constructed outside the body, with mature cells grown on special matrices.
A hair is a connected strand of mature cells, of which those sticking out from the skin are already dead.
It would be better to derive human stem cell lines from the body's mature cells, he said, a method researchers are still working on.
The lines must have the ability to generate different categories of mature cells.