Definition
These are used as a repair system in the human body, as they replace cells that are lost because of injury or disease.
What is a stem cell?
These animals were used to identify embryonic stem cells by Martin Evans at the University of Cambridge.
What are mice?
This country allows embryonic stem cell research, but only from embryos that were not created for the purpose of research.
What is Canada (or France)?
This organization using is against embryonic stem cell research because it is destroying an embryo, which has the potential to become a human life.
What is the Catholic Church?
These have the ability to become any kind of cell in the human body (hint; a specific kind of stem cell).
What is embryonic stem cell?
This was first done by Georges Mathe in 1958 to nuclear workers who were exposed to radiation.
What is a stem cell transplantation?
This country allows the creation of embryos for the purpose of research in certain situations.
What is Singapore?
Name one organization against embryonic stem cell research.
What is the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (or the Catholic Medical Association)?
These exist in small amounts in almost all tissues in the human body. They only have the capability to become the cells of the tissues that they reside in (hint; a specific kind of stem cell).
What is an adult stem cell?
Name the country whose scientists falsely claimed that they were able to clone embryonic stem cells.
What is South Korea?
This country has banned the use of embryos for research.
What is Germany (or Italy)?
This organization's perspective is that embryonic stem cell research is okay if; the people who were used to create the embryo give consent that their embryo can be used for research and only if the embryo cannot be used for reproductive purposes.
What is the Canadian Government?
This involves cloning an embryo for the purpose of using the stem cells extracted from it.
What is therapeutic cloning?
Name the decade when James Thompson was able to grow embryonic stem cells in the lab.
What is the 1980s?
This country does not have formal regulations on embryonic stem cell research, so many doctors use stem cells to treat conditions such as paralysis.
What is Mexico?
This organization is one of the largest societies that supports embryonic stem cell research.
What is The International Society for Stem Cell Research?
The process that turns stem cells into specified cells.
What is differentiation?
Name the decade when Russian biologist, Alexander Maximow, theorized stem cells in blood that could specialize to become red and white blood cells.
What is the 1900s?
This country is the leader in regenerative medicine.
What is Japan?
Name one organization that supports embryonic stem cell research.
What is the International Society for Stem Cell Research (or the Stem Cell Network, the National Institute for Rare Disorders, the Canadian Cell Foundation, The New York Stem Cell Foundation, and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute)?