Stem Cells
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"As the embryo continues to grow and parts of the body start to emerge, the stem cells within each future organ become more specialized and are only capable of producing specific cells. Eventually, as a stem cell keeps dividing into two cells, at some point in development one or both of the daughter cells becomes ‘committed’ to a certain type of tissue and are incapable of further division. These committed daughter cells become the normal functioning cells of the heart, skin, brain, and other organs. These stem cells are multipotent. Adults still have multipotent stem cells in their bodies – we call these adult stem cells or non-embryonic stem cells.
In addition to the multipotent adult stem cells that are found in adult bodies, a growing number of studies have found pluripotent stem cells in adults. These flexible stem cells have the ability to specialize into every cell type of the body - just like embryonic stem cells. For more information on these exciting new studies, see What the Media Won't Tell You About Stem Cell Research."
Yes. no-brainer.