What are stem cells?
Answers
Answered by
21
Stem cells have the remarkable potential to develop into many different cell Stem cells are undifferentiated biological cellstem cells are the foundation for every organ and tissue in your body.Stem cell science is an extremely fast moving field
Answered by
8
Our body is made up of many different types of cell.
Most cells are specialised to perform particular functions, such as red blood cells that carry oxygen around our bodies in the blood, but they are unable to divide.
Stem cells provide new cells for the body as it grows, and replace specialised cells that are damaged or lost. They have two unique properties that enable them to do this:
They can divide over and over again to produce new cells.
As they divide, they can change into the other types of cell that make up the body.
Similar questions