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Mouse embryonic stem cells. More lab photos Stem cells in animals are primal undifferentiated cells that retain the ability to divide and differentiate into other cell types. In higher plants this function is the defining property of the meristematic cells. Stem cells have the ability to act as a repair system for the body, because they can divide and differentiate, replenishing other cells as long as the host organism is alive. Medical researchers believe stem cell research has the po ...
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Resources
- Bone Marrow Transplantation and Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation: Questions and Answers
- Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation (The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society)
- Stem Cell Research (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Stem Cells: A Primer (National Institutes of Health, OPHS, HHS)
- Stem Cells: Medicine's New Frontier (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Stem Cells: Scientific Progress and Future Research Directions (National Institutes of Health, OPHS, HHS)
- The More You Know…Basic Facts About Lymphoma (Cure for Lymphoma Foundation)

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