| Front | List 3 advantages to using stem cells in medicine |
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| Back | -Stem cells can be made to differentiate to form different types of body cell.
-Embryos used are normally spare ones from fertility treatment that would be destroyed anyway
-Can be used in treatment of paralysis.
-Adult stem cells are taken from a patient so there is no need to kill an embryo
-Embryos are less likely to be rejected by it's own body's immune system |
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