Human mesenchymal stem cells were differentiated into fat cells and the fat vacuoles were stained: stem cells and their differentiation products contain specific fatty sweet surface structures (glycolipids) that help distinguish them from each other. (IMAGE)

University of Vienna

Human mesenchymal stem cells were differentiated into fat cells and the fat vacuoles were stained: stem cells and their differentiation products contain specific fatty sweet surface structures (glycolipids) that help distinguish them from each other.

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Human mesenchymal stem cells were differentiated into fat cells and the fat vacuoles were stained: stem cells and their differentiation products contain specific fatty sweet surface structures (glycolipids) that help distinguish them from each other.

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Institute of Cell and Tissue Culture Technologies, BOKU Vienna

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