answersLogoWhite

0

Yes and No. The only big difference is the procedures used in harvesting adult stem cells is considered legal and safe. There's no need to kill a human embryo. Adult stem cells can be harvested from cord blood or human bone marrow. But embryonic stem cells are able to make more kinds of cells than adult stem cells.

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What makes embryonic stem useful for medicine?

They can become more cells than adult stem cells can.


What makes embryonic stem cells useful for medecine?

they can differentiate into more cells than adult stem cells can.


What makes embryoic stem cells useful for medicine?

They can differentiate into more cells than adult stem cells can.


What makes embryonic stem cell useful for medication?

they can differentiate into more cells that adult stem cells can


Why are embryonic stem useful for medicine?

they are pluripotent|APEX|They can become more cells than adult stem cells can.


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.