How Can Embryonic Stem Cells Be Used to Advance Medical

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Multiple Choice

How can embryonic stem cells be used to advance medical research on disease in humans?

• A) Stem cells with known diseases built in can be grown into embryos, which can then be subjected to experimental treatments.
• B) Because they won't be rejected by a patient, one's own stem cells can be used in a variety of experimental treatments with minimal risk.
• C) Stem cells can have specific genes altered to cause disease, and then by watching how they develop, scientists will learn how a disease develops, and they will have a model to try treatments, rather than using animals.
• D) Because stem cells can become any other cell, any stem cells can be used as a trial treatment in anyone.
• E) Stem cell treatments are safe to use because they contain embryonic DNA which won't be rejected by a patient.

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