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Stem cells are capable of self-renewal and assymetrical division to give rise to progenitor cells. Progenitor cells are cells that can further differentiate into other cells though it has lost the stem cell's ability to self-renew. When a stem cell divides, the same stem cell and a progenitor cell is produced. The production of the same stem cell is evidence of self-renewal and the production of a cell different from the parent cell is evidence of assymetrical division (regular mitosis gives rise to two identical daughter cells).

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Why can stem cells be used to make other cells but blood cells cant?

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What are unspecialized human cells called?

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What are cell called before they specialize?

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What and where are stem Cells?

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Skin stem cells can only produce other skin cells. What does this indicate about skin stem cells?

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