Stem Cells

Question 1

Where are stem cells found?

Answer 1

Embryos.

Question 2

What happens to stem cells from embryos that are undeveloped?

Answer 2

They are removed.

Question 3

What are stem cells used for?

Answer 3

Making new brain cells to treat people with Parkinson’s disease.
Rebuilding bones and cartilage.
Repairing damaged immune systems.
Making replacement heart valves.

Question 4

What is therapeutic cloning?

Answer 4

1. Nucleus taken out of a human egg cell.
2. Nucleus from a patient’s cell put into the egg cell.
3. Egg cell stimulated to develop into an embryo.
4. Stem cells taken from the embryo.
5. Stem cells grown in a container of warm nutrients.
6. Stem cells treated to develop into required cell types.