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Stem cells quiz

Q1. Approximately, how many cells are there in an adult human?

Hundreds
Thousands
Millions
Trillions

Q2. Scientists find stem cells interesting because they can grow into all the cell types needed to make your ...

Tissues and organs
Brain and heart
Umbilical cord
Thoughts and feelings

Q3. Stem cells can also be found in people after they have been born. They are used to maintain and repair our bodies. Which of the following is NOT true about these adult stem cells?

They have been used to treat leukaemia
They can be found in your bones, brain and umbilical cord
They are less likely to be rejected if they come from the patient
They can be used to grow any cell type in the body

Q4. New brain cells grown from stem cells might help us to treat several diseases which are currently incurable. Which of the following diseases is unlikely to be helped in this way?

Parkinson's
Alzheimer's
Diabetes
Stroke

Q5. Scientists can grow stem cells that are perfectly matched to a patient by injecting what into an empty egg cell?

The patient's own DNA
Stem cells from a close relative
DNA from the patient's mother
The yolk from a chicken's egg

Q6. Most scientists working in stem cell research DO NOT feel it will be appropriate to use stem cells to....

Replace malfunctioning cells in a patient
Understand more about how diseases arise and progress
Test out new drugs
To create cloned human babies