Stem Cells!!

Regenerative medicine

100

Is the branch of medicine that uses the body´s own natural regenerative capacity to treat diseases

What is regenerative medicine?

200

Translational medicine

Regenerative medicine is a branch of:__________

300

Tissue engineering and molecular biology

Which are the two main areas of regenerative medicine?

400

Curing chronic diseases

What is the objective of regenerative medicine?

500

Bone Marrow Transplant in leukemia

Mention one application of regenerative medicine.

Embryonic Stem Cells

100

In vitro fertilized eggs

Where do Embryonic SC come from?

200

Blastocyst

In which stage of development does the embryo has to be for researchers to obtain SC?

300

Totipotent

What is the potency of ESC?

400

The development of theratomas

What is one of the risks of using ESC?

500

The killing of a potential human being

Mention one ethic implication about the use of ESC?

Adult Stem cells

100

The entire human body

Where do adult Stem cells come from?

200

Bone marrow, skin and brain

Name tree sources of ASC?

300

The the donor is the same person as the receiver

What is an autologous transplant?

400

Shinya Yamanaka

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500

Multipotent

What is the potency of ASC?

Stem Cell Research

100

Yes

Is stem cell research a future for the treatment of disease?

200

Translational Medicine

Which part of medicine connects regenerative medicine with stem cell research?

300

Animal models

What trials do researchers have to do before working on humans?

400

Spinal cord injury

Mention one SC research being investigated now-a-days?

500

Rats

Mention one animal used in stem cell research