Stem Cells

Question 1

Name the 1/2 advantages of using Stem cells?

Answer 1

-it provides medical benefits in the fields of therapeutic cloning and regenerative medicine

Question 2

Name the 2/2 advantages of using Stem cells?

Answer 2

it provides great potential for discovering treatments and cures to a varierty of diseases

Question 3

Name the 1/5 disadvantages of using Stem cells?

Answer 3

Can Cancer

Question 4

Name the 2/5 disadvantages of using Stem cells?

Answer 4

It is a violation of human rights

Question 5

Name the 3/5 disadvantages of using Stem cells?

Answer 5

Costs a lot of money

Question 6

Name the 4/5 disadvantages of using Stem cells?

Answer 6

There is a risk that adult stem cells might be infected with viruses

Question 7

Name the 5/5 disadvantages of using Stem cells?

Answer 7

Adult stem cells are pre specialized e.g blood stem cells make only blood.

Question 8

What a Blastocyst?

Answer 8

a mammalian blastula in which some differentiation of cells has occurred.

Question 9

Where can you find Stem Cells in Plants?

Answer 9

The main meristems are close to the tip of the shoot, and the tip of the root. In a growing shoot, new cells are being produced continuously near the tip