Monday, July 13, 2009

Stem cells

There are mainly two kinds of stem cells, embryonic and adult. Embryonic stem cells are able to grow into various kinds of specialized tissues of an embryo. Adult stem cells howeve, are able repair parts of our body and sustain organs which continually produce our blood and skin.
Stem cells have this amazing capability of growing into different kinds of cells through cell culture and also continually renew itself. Through mitotic cell division, it allows them to be grown into many types of cells, spurring speculation of producing male sperms from a female.

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