Wednesday, July 3, 2013

A Liver From Skin And Blood Stem Cells: A First For Science

Scientists Create Human Liver From Stem Cells by Kate Kelland.  Reuters.  July 3, 2013.

Read the article and test your retention with the following quiz.

(1)  It may take ___________ years before lab-grown livers could treat patients.

(2)  There are two main forms of stem cells, _____________________________.

(3)  iPS stands for ____________________.

(4)  Researchers used iPS cells to produce these three different types of cells that combine in embryo to produce the human liver: ____________________________________________.

(5)  The greatest impact iPS cell-liver buds may be _________________________.

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