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Thu Mar-10-05 05:52 PM
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| 10. Stem Cells are front and Center of Biological Science |
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One of the biggest question to biological sciences is how genes turn on and off. Rather what genes turn on or off to make a heart and what genes turn on or off to make a liver. As some posters have explained very well stem cells have not been programed to be anything, yet. It is believed that by researching them they can unlock some of these on/off switches and with time do all kinds of amazing things. However, as said, the scientists need access to these cells. There are other types of stem cell other than embryonic but embryonic stem cells seem to be the best for research.
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