stem cells
- Created by: Muskaan Dhaliwal
- Created on: 05-08-19 14:13
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- stem cells
- undifferentiate-d cell of an organism
- divides to form more cells of the same type; mitosis
- can differentiate to form many other types of cells
- human embryonic stem cells
- can be cloned and made to differentiate into most cells
- therapeutic cloning uses same genes so the body doesn't reject the tissue
- risk of infection
- adult bone marrow stem cells
- can form many types of human cells e.g. blood cells
- tissue is matched to avoid rejection
- risk of infection
- only few types of cells can be formed
- meristems (plants)
- can differentiate into any plant cell type throughout the life of the plant
- used to produce clones quickly and economically
- e.g. rare species, disease resistance
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