Stem cells
- Created by: Laurenskye
- Created on: 29-03-16 21:40
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- Stem Cells
- Unspecialised cells
- Found in the human embryo and in adult bone marrow.
- Layers of cells in the embryo differentiate into all the cells the body needs
- Embryonic stem cells can be used to grow new tissues and organs for transplants.
- Embryonic stem cells are take from spare embryos from IVF ior from the umbilical cored of new babies
- People disagree with this because the embryos cannot give consent to being tested on. Also they are destroying potential life.
- In IVF the embryos are screened and only healthy embryos are implanted into the mother. The ones carrying faulty genes are destroyed.
- People disagree with this because the embryos cannot give consent to being tested on. Also they are destroying potential life.
- Embryonic stem cells are take from spare embryos from IVF ior from the umbilical cored of new babies
- Embryonic stem cells can be used to grow new tissues and organs for transplants.
- Stem cells in the bone marrow can change into other types of cells
- This can be useful in some disorders such as leukaemia
- Layers of cells in the embryo differentiate into all the cells the body needs
- Change into different body cells. They differentiate.
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