Question

SLO-4.2. Within all tissues in the body, there are stores of undifferentiated cells that can become any specialized type of cell in that tissue for the purpose of growth and healing. Today, Regenerative Medicine is trying to employ these cells to replace tissues that have been destroyed by disease and trauma, such as spinal cord injuries. What are these cells

Answer 1

These cells are stem cells.

Step-by-step explanation:

Stem cells have not specialized to be in a specific tissue and have a particular function yet. They are the cells that give all the different cell types that our body has. In other words, they can become any cell type that the body needs. We call them pluripotent cells because they have the potential of becoming any specialized cell.

Scientists use stem cells in tissue or organ regeneration due to the pluripotential that they have.