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Cells Stem Tested Describe Ways Research Usefulness Drug

Stem cells are valuable in research for drug testing on cell cultures and for studying developmental processes due to their regenerative and differentiating capabilities.

Stem cells are useful in research for drug trials, allowing drug testing on cell cultures before animal or human trials, and for studying developmental biology.

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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