All Stem Cells Are Found in the Umbilical Cord

question 27

True/False

All stem cells are found in the umbilical cord.

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Definitions:

Blood

A bodily fluid in humans and other animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells.

DNA Ligase

An enzyme that facilitates the joining of DNA strands together by catalyzing the formation of a phosphodiester bond.

Restriction Enzyme

An enzyme that cuts DNA at specific recognition nucleotide sequences, widely used in molecular biology for DNA modification and cloning experiments.

Vector DNA

A molecule of DNA utilized to deliver genetic material into a cell, often used in genetic engineering and research to replicate or express particular genes.