Btec Level 3 Unit 3 P1

When a stem cell divides, each new cell has the potential to either remain a stem cell or become another type of cell such as a muscle cell, a red blood cell, or a brain cell. Cells can be extracted from the embryo and are then differentiated into any cell the scientist wishes.

Stem Cells are the unspecialized cells from which differentiated cells develop. Scientists say that stem cells are totipotent. I will talk about that later. There are two different types of stem cells. One is an embryonic stem cell and the other is an adult stem cell. The two are very different. Let’s talk about the difference.

There are many unique properties of stem cells. One example of this is they are unspecialized cells. Unspecialized cells are capable of renewing themselves and they don’t have tissue specific structures (Stem Cell Basics). Another unique property is stem cells can develop into many different cell types (Stem

Recently, however, there has been some evidence that indicates that adult stem cells may be able to develop into more than one type of specialized cell, but nothing is entirely conclusive. Because of these problems, adult stem cells are difficult to use for extensive research.

A cell that has the ability to develop or duplicate into any other type of cell the body may have whilst still alive, whether it be a specialised cell or other stem cells, by using the cell-division cycle, is what we call a stem cell. Stem cells can be uncovered from various sites around the body, such as amniotic fluid, which can be retrieved during a pregnancy, placenta and cord tissue during the development of embryos, umbilical cord blood that is saved after the umbilical cord is cut, teeth, embryos that are willingly donated during the blastocyst stage (4-5 days after fertilization), and adult bone marrow. Each of these stem cell types, wherever their source might be, holds the priceless competence to work as a huge medical advantage,

Although stem cells are unspecialized, they can make way for specialized cells. They go through a process called differentiation and become specialized at each step.

One of the big differences is that embryonic stem cells has the capacity to become any cell within the human body. A big

Stem cells can become many different types of cells, they provide researchers the ability to look

become all cell types of the body. Adult stem cells are limited to the cell type of their origin. Adult stem

Stem cells are undifferentiated cells in a multicellular organism that have the potential to develop into any cell type during early life and growth. They differ from other cells by two important characteristics. First, stem cells can renew themselves through cell division. Second, under certain physiologic or experimental conditions, they can be persuaded to become tissue or organ-specific cells

Stem cells can come from an embryo or an adult cell, and thus there are two types of stem cells: embryonic and adult stem cells. Both types are able to undergo cellular division for a longer period of time than other cell types, and are capable of developing into a specialized cell. They are able to develop

One of the fundamental properties of a stem cell is that it does not have any tissue-specific structures that allow it to perform specialized functions, making it unspecialized. A cell undergoes differentiation which is when unspecialized stem cells give rise to specialized cells. While differentiating, the cell undergoes several stages, becoming more specialized at each step (Stem Cell Basics, 2009).

When a stem cell divides, each new cell has the potential either to remain a stem cell or become another type of special function.

The majority of the cells throughout the body are specialized, meaning that they have a particular job to perform. There are heart cells, brain cells, skin cells, etc., you get the idea: However, stem cells are unique because they are ‘blank’ and can be manipulated to become nearly any type of cell.

Cellular differentiation is the process of how daughter cells change from or differentiate from the parent cell and