PATHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Why is there such an interest in stem cells? Researchers hope stem cell studies can help to: Increase understanding of how diseases occur. By watching stem cells mature into cells in bones, heart muscle, nerves, and other organs and tissue, researchers may better understand how diseases and conditions develop.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stem cells have the remarkable potential to renew themselves. They can develop into many different cell types in the body during early life and growth. Researchers study many different types of stem cells.

Detailed explanation-3: -Stem cells are different from other cells in the body in three ways: They can divide and renew themselves over a long time. They are unspecialized, so they cannot do specific functions in the body. They have the potential to become specialized cells, such as muscle cells, blood cells, and brain cells.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pluripotent. Pluripotent stem cells being used in research today mainly come from embryos, hence the name, “embryonic stem cells”.