stem cells and their potential uses 0.0 / 5 ? BiologyCellular processes and structureA2/A-levelOCR Created by: bethen0303Created on: 29-10-16 22:18 stem cell unspecialised cell able to express all of its genes and divide by mitosis 1 of 18 stem cell features undifferentiated 2 of 18 stem cell features pluripotent 3 of 18 stem cell features able to express all of its genes 4 of 18 stem cell features can divide by mitosis for growth and repair 5 of 18 sources of stem cells embryonic, umbilical-cord blood, adult, induced pluripotent stem cells. 6 of 18 embryonic stem cells present in early embryo formed when the zygote begins to divide 7 of 18 stem cells in umbilical-cord blood 8 of 18 adult stem cells found in developed tissue (blood, brain, muscle, bone, adipose, skin) amongst differentiated cells. 9 of 18 induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) developed in laboratories by reprogramming differentiated cells to switch on certain key genes and become undifferentiated. 10 of 18 potential uses in research and medicine bone-marrow transplants, drug research, developmental biology. 11 of 18 bone-marrow transplants to treat diseases of the blood (sickle- cell aneamia ect) and the immune system. 12 of 18 Drug research new drugs can be tested on tissues developed by stem cells , rather than on animal tissue. 13 of 18 developmental tissue to enable a better understanding of how multicellular organisms develop, grow and mature. 14 of 18 stem cells have been used to treat mice with type 1 diabetes by reprogramming iPS cells to become pancreatic beta cells 15 of 18 bone- marrow stem cells can treat liver diseases by being made to develop into lover cells (hepatocytes). 16 of 18 stem cells could treat parkinson's or spinal-cord injuries by becoming nerve tissue 17 of 18 stem cells may be used to populate a biscaffold of an organ, then directed to grow and devlop into specific organs for transplaunting = regenerative medicine. 18 of 18
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