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Vocabulary about stem and specialized cells

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stem cells

unspecialized cells that retain the ability to become a wide variety of specialized cells

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Undifferentiated cells

Cells that have not specialized in any particular function

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How is stem cells function determined?

Determined by which genes are activated in DNA

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Red Blood Cells (RBC)

Transports oxygen in hemoglobin Disk Shape holds more oxygen

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Nerve cell differentiation

Send messages through electrical impulses Cell is long and branched out - increased surface area to receive and send messages

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Muscle cell differentiation Lo

Long flat cells in bundles to help with muscle contraction. Has more mitochondria

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Sperm cell differentiation

Male reproductive unit. Has flagella to help it swim and more mitochondria for energy to swim

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Egg Cell differentiation

Female reproductive unit. Large cell with nucleus for growing fetus. Lots of cytoplasm with stored nutrients

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embryonic stem cells

An undifferentiated cell, taken from an embryo that has potential to give rise to various other cell or tissue types

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adult stem cells

stem cells that are found in adults that can differentiate and form a limited number of cells

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Induced adult stem cells (Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells - IPSC)

Adult cell that can manipulated in the lab to be able to grow any type of cell

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stem cell research

technology that takes primitive human cells and develops them into most any of the 220 varieties of cells in the human body

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Outcomes of stem cell research

Grow new organs Replaced damaged tissues cure disease study sick cells

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Stem cell research ethical issues

Religious "Playing God" Destruction of Life

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What are 5 common locations of adult stem cells?

brain, blood, bone marrow, muscle, skin, heart, and liver tissues

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Name five types of adult stem cells.

Hematopoietic Stem Cells (Blood Stem Cells), Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Neural Stem Cells, Epithelial Stem Cells, Skin Stem Cells

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