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In order to obtain stem cells, an embryo must be in the blastocyst stage.

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Q: How old does a zygote have to be to get stem cells?
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What is the process called that makes cells specialized?

zygote, stem cells, cell differentiation zygote, stem cells, cell differentiation


Do babies die when their stem cells are removed?

Stem cells are removed just after conception when the zygote is forming into an embryo. When stem cells are taken, the embryo cannot develop, and so does die.


Do embryonic stem cells contain half the number of chromosomes found in a zygote?

No. Stem cells are diploid just like any other body cell.


What must a human zygote contain for making different types of cells in the human body?

I think it's stem cells


The fact that plants can be cloned from somatic cells demonstrates that?

Somatic cells are body cells. Due to the fact that each of the differentiated cells stem from the initial cell they retain all the genes found in the zygote.


Where are stem cells used?

Stem cells are naturally found in the Zygote/ Embryo in the premature development days of a baby. They are also recently being used in genetics as they can be programmed to be used as a function for faulty cells


How are stem cells unique?

Stem cells are cells that have not yet specialized to become specific parts of the body, like a blood cell, skin cell of a fingertip, or a retina cell in the back of the eye. The cells in animals at some point in time originated from stem cells, beginning with a single cell (the zygote in animals that reproduce sexually).


Is a zygote a body cell or a sex cell?

a zygote is a stem cell


Where are the stem cells that replace old blood cells located in?

Stem cells are located in the bone marrow sometimes in different places.


What is used for making new cells in our body?

Old cells and/or stem cells.


Where are stem cells that replace old blood cells in adults?

In the bones.


Where are the stem cells that replace old blood cell located in adults?

In the bones.