Medical Quiz

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What is the difference between embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells?

A. Embryonic stem cells can differentiate into more cell types than adult stem cells

B. Adult stem cells are pluripotent, just like embryonic stem cells

C. Adult stem cells can differentiate into more cell types than embryonic stem cells

D. Adult stem cells grow bigger than embryonic stem cells

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What does “pluripotent” mean?

A. able to divide and make many different types of cells

B. not able to divide

C. can only divide and make one cell type 

D. if it divides, it will make a cancerous tumor