METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF DIFFERENTIATION ABILITY OF STEM CELL

摘要

Disclosed is a method for evaluating the potential for a stem cell to be differentiated into a cell capable of constituting a desired tissue in vivo. The method comprises the following steps (1) to (3): (1) transplanting a stem cell to be evaluated into a desired primordial tissue in a non-human mammal; (2) culturing the primordial tissue in vitro; and (3) determining the potential for the stem cell to be differentiated into a cell capable of constituting the tissue in vivo by employing, as a measure, the degree of distribution of cells derived from the transplanted stem cell in the cultured primordial tissue.