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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Stem cells from a donor can be harmful to the recipient unless they meet some compatibility criteria.
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Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer
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Stem cells are the cells from which all 210 different kinds of tissue in the human body originate.
The stem cells are given to the person after treatment to help the bone marrow recover and continue producing healthy blood cells.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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Stem cells are normally located in the bone marrow and can be harvested for transplant.
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Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator
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Somatic stem cells are not easy to locate within the organs of the body.
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Tony Howell,
Skateboarder
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Stem cells are removed from the patients blood stream and then introduced later on for example after high dose chemotherapy.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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Stem cells allow researchers to study in precise detail the role of individual genes and groups of genes.
Stems cells are unspecialised cells that are yet to develop into any specific cell type and therefore have the possibility of being developed into any tissue type, including brain tissue.
Neural stem cells are likely to express genes and manufacture proteins that differ from those of adult cells.
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David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist
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Epidermal stem cells are an elusive population of pluripotent keratinocytes.
Stem cells can be used to cure diseases caused by the premature death of cells.
Stem cells are immature blood cells that will later develop into full-fledged white and red blood cells and platelets.
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