stem cells

Question 0

stem cell sources

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embryos
cord blood
from adults: bone marrow, wisdom teeth

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stem cells

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can become any type of cell, undifferentiated

Question 2

reasons to use stem cells

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grow stem cells that can be used to serve as replacement cells to treat Alzheimer’s, cancer etc
may one day create whole human organs from a single cell

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totopotent

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can become any type of cells ( during early division)

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pluripotent

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can differentiate into nearly any different cell (just starting to become specialized)

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unipotent

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cells can produce only one cell type, their own, but have to property of self renewal, which distinguishes them from non stem cells
ex muscle stem cells

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iPS

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induced pluripotent stem cells
first created in 2006 in mice
then 2007 in humans
adult cells have been altered to act as stem cells