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What is a stem cell?
This type of cell can self-renew, has plasticity, and can differentiate into other types of cells
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What are adult stem cells?
These are the type of stem cells found in everyone's body
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What is plasticity?
This trait lets stem cells can turn into other cells within the body
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What are embryonic stem cells?
These stem cells are taken from an early stage in human development
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What is self-renewal?
This ability allows stem cells to continue to grow and divide into more stem cells
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What is bone?
Steve the stem cell helps repair this
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What are bone rebuilding stem cells?
This is the type of adult stem cell that can help repair bone
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What is multipotency?
This is the charicteristic of stem cells to make many, but not all, types of cells
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What are adult, embryonic, and induced pluripotent?
These are the three types of stem cells
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What is homeostasis?
Adult stem cells help maintain this bodily state
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What is the bone marrow?
This is the easiest place to harvest stem cells
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What is a gecko?
This animal uses stem cells to regrow limbs
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What is differentiation?
This is the process of stem cells turning into another type of cell or making a copy of itself
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What are stem cell niches?
These are the specialized places where adult stem cells are found
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What is the marrow miner?
This is the tool used to harvest stem cells from bone marrow
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What are induced pluripotent stem cells?
These are the types of stem cells that are genetically altered to behave like any cell within the body
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