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Cells Stem Tested Describe Ways Research Usefulness Drug

Front Describe two ways in which stem cells may be useful in research.
Back Usefulness of stem cells in research:
  • Drug trials - new drugs can be tested on cultures of stem cells before being tested on animals and humans
  • Developmental biology - because they can divide indefinitely and differentiate into various types of cells they can be used to study changes that occur as multicellular organisms grow and develop from a single cell and why things go wrong

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