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Which type of stem cells have the ability to become any other type of body cell?

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Embryonic stem cells.

These stem cells come from embryos that are 3 to 5 days old. At this stage, an embryo is called a blastocyst and has about 150 cells. These are pluripotent (ploo-RIP-uh-tunt) stem cells, meaning they can divide into more stem cells or can become any type of cell in the body.
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Embryonic Stem Cells (ESCs)

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