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Stem Cells Induced Plurpotent Embryonic Define Term Pluripotent

Front Define the term induced pluripotent stem cell and explain why they may be very useful in research and medicine.
Back Induced plurpotent stem cells - adult stem cells that have been genetically modified to act like embryonic stem cells and so they are plurpotent
  • This could be useful as a replacement for actually harvesting embryonic stem cells as it is not as controversial
  • They can readily be made in a lab ^^

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