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Bone marrow transplants have been successfully carried out for a number of years with little objection about the ethics of the procedure.
The use of embryonic stem cells raises some ethical questions.
Embryos left over from fertility treatment were traditionally used but more recently embryos are being created specifically as a source of stem cells.
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Key terms in this lesson
- pluripotent
- Describes a stem cell that can differentiate into almost any type of cell but not extra-embryonic tissue.
- multipotent
- Describes a stem cell that can only differentiate into a limited range of cell types within a particular tissue.
More in Cell Division
- Stem Cells
- Stem Cell Potency
- Differentiation
- Replacement of Red and White Blood Cells
- Sources of Animal Stem Cells
- Sources of Plant Stem Cells
- Uses of Stem Cells
- Anaphase
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