Where Are Embryonic Stem Cells Used?
Embryonic Stem Cells. These Are Pluripotent (Ploo-Rip-Uh-Tunt) Stem Cells, Meaning They Can Divide into More Stem Cells or Can Become Any Type of Cell in the...
What are embryonic stem cells and what are they used for?
Embryonic stem cells could be used to make more specialized tissues that have been lost to disease and injury. For tissues that are constantly replaced, like blood and skin, stem cells would probably be replaced directly.
Where are embryonic stem cells found in the body?
Embryonic stem cells are obtained from the inner cell mass of the blastocyst, a mainly hollow ball of cells that, in the human, forms three to five days after an egg cell is fertilized by a sperm. A human blastocyst is about the size of the dot above this “i.”
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