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Induced pluripotent stem cells have made harvesting embryonic stem cells obsolet

ID: 31671 • Letter: I

Question

Induced pluripotent stem cells have made harvesting embryonic stem cells obsolete.

True. Embryonic stem cells and iPS cells are identical.

True. Embryonic stem cells are not totipotent, but iPS cells are.

False. We have yet to rule-out the risk of cancer from iPS cell transplants.

False. Embryonic stem cells are totipotent while iPS cells are not.

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True. Embryonic stem cells and iPS cells are identical.

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True. Embryonic stem cells are not totipotent, but iPS cells are.

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False. We have yet to rule-out the risk of cancer from iPS cell transplants.

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False. Embryonic stem cells are totipotent while iPS cells are not.

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