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What is the process used for harvesting adult stem cells?
Adult stem cells can be harvested from various tissues in the body, such as bone marrow, adipose tissue, or blood. The process typically involves isolating the stem cells from the tissue through a minimally invasive procedure, such as bone marrow aspiration or apheresis. These harvested stem cells can then be used for various medical treatments or therapies.
Why do only adult stem cells produce progenitor cells since embryonic stem cells differentiate too?
Only adult stem cells produce progenitor cells because they multiply though the process of cell division and therefore produce progenitor cells.
Why can you not just use stem cells from adult bone marrow?
While adult bone marrow does contain stem cells, they are limited in their ability to differentiate into other cell types compared to embryonic stem cells. Embryonic stem cells are pluripotent, meaning they can develop into any cell type in the body, making them more versatile for regenerative medicine and research. Additionally, obtaining embryonic stem cells does not require invasive procedures as collecting adult bone marrow does.
What is the primary role of the undifferentiated cells?
Adult stem cells
Why not just study adult stem cells?
adult stem cells are to big to study.
What ways might use of adult stem cells be better than the use of embryonic stem cells?
The adult stem cells are better than embryonic stem cells in a very few cases. One way they are better is that the adult stem cells can be transplanted back into the adult patient and grown. The body will not reject its own stem cells.
How are adult body cells differ from embryonic stem cells?
adult body cells have a function where as embryonic stem cells have no set function as of that stage. now there are some adult stem cells and those have little to no difference than embryonic stem cells
What are the types of stem cells?
There are five basic stem cells classifications there is embryonic stem cells, fetal stem cells. There are the Umbilical cord stem cells, placenta stem cells, and lastly there are adult stem cells.
What Stem cells can produce their own type of cells?
Adult stem cells
How are adult stem cells better then embryonic stem cells?
Adult stem cells are better than embryonic stem cells in some ways because they have less risk of immune rejection, as they can be collected from the patient's own body. Additionally, the use of adult stem cells avoids the ethical concerns surrounding the use of embryonic stem cells. Adult stem cells have also shown promising results in various treatments and therapies.
Adult stem cells are as versatile as embryonic stem cells true or false?
False. Adult stem cells are more limited in their potential compared to embryonic stem cells. Embryonic stem cells have the ability to differentiate into many different cell types, whereas adult stem cells are usually more restricted in the types of cells they can become.
13 Describe the process used for harvesting adult stem cells?
Adult stem cells can be harvested from the bone marrow, blood, or adipose tissue. The process involves first identifying the source of stem cells, then extracting the cells through procedures such as bone marrow aspiration, apheresis, or liposuction. The harvested stem cells are then processed and purified before being used for therapeutic purposes.
