In Addition to the Promise of Disease Therapies,the Uses of Stem

question 25

Multiple Choice

In addition to the promise of disease therapies,the uses of stem cells in medical research include the study of how _____.

• A) diseases develop and progress before phenotypes are visible
• B) Huntington Disease progresses in its latest stages
• C) to engineer animal models for human disease
• D) to harvest multipotent cells from human blastocysts
• E) to fertilize human eggs in vitro

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