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Please help! Match the characteristics below with the 3 types of stem cell, name

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Question

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Match the characteristics below with the 3 types of stem cell, namely embryonic stem cells (ESC); adult stem cells (ASC) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) 1. Able to give rise to every type of cell in human body 2. Able to give rise to only certain types of cells in human body 3. Normally produced during development by all humans 4. Believed to be the source of cancer, based on the cancer stem cell theory a. ESC: 2; ASC: 2,4; iPS: 2,4 . b. ESC: 1, 3; ASC: 2, 3, 4; iPS: 1 c. ESC: 2, 3; ASC: 2, 3; iPS: 1 O d. ESC: 1, 3, 4; ASC: 2, 3; iPS: 1, 4 e. ESC: 1; ASC: 2, 3; iPS: 2,4

Explanation / Answer

Option B is true that you have labelled

embryonic and induced pluripotent cells (reprogrammed adult cells) are not the sources of cancer

adult stem cells could not produce every cell of the body