Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Stem cells
- Embryonic
- Ethical issues
- Come from embryos
- cannot grow without them
- some think this is destroying life
- Can differentiate into any type of cell
- ADULT
- Found in specific places
- Cannot differentiate into any type of cell
- Their role is to repair or maintain the tissue they are found in
- Used for medical purposes
- regenerates tissue
- could grow organs
- A cell that has the ability to become a different type of cell
- used to grow human tissue
- can then test drugs on this
- used to inject into patients to replace body cells