Question

Disadvantages of adult stem cells over embryonic stem cells

Answer 1

Adult stem cells are thought to be limited to differentiating into different cell types of their tissue of origin. Embryonic stem cells can be grown relatively easily in culture.

Answer 2

Embryonic stem cells are derived during early development at the blastocyst stage and are pluripotent, meaning that they can differentiate into any cell type. In contrast, adult stem cells are rare, undifferentiated cells present in many adult tissues.