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• faqs

  • Stem cells have a great but still uncertain medical potential. They offer scientific insights into how animals grow and develop and how some diseases might be treated.
    
    Here we define them, describe how they are studied, and sketch their potential and the controversies that surround them.
    
    We thank Stanford's Christopher Scott, Harvard's Willy Lensch, and University of Southern California's Martin Pera for their thoughtful comments and suggestions on these FAQs.
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• resources

  • Here we offer multimedia tools and other resources to help you learn about stem cells:
  • A project of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, StemBook offers a collection of invited, original peer-reviewed chapters aimed at researched and covering topics in reprogramming, differentiation, and more.
  • An Incomplete Cheatsheet is a two-page pdf of common acronyms used by stem cell scientists.
  • Here are links to several sources of stem cell information.
  • Cloning and Conservation is a 9-minute video from the American Museum of Natural History. It chronicles scientists hoping to clone an endangered Asian ox.