Biological Science (7th Edition)
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Author: Scott Freeman, Kim Quillin, Lizabeth Allison, Michael Black, Greg Podgorski, Emily Taylor, Jeff Carmichael
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SOCIETY A research team has explored the possibility ofdifferentiating human embryonic stem (hES) cells into pancreatic cells that might be used to treat diabetes. In contrast to iPS cells, hES cells are taken from an early human embryo, and obtaining them destroys the embryo. The team showed that cells differentiated from hES cells could cure diabetes in a mouse model of the disease. If the same outcome of curing diabetes could be achieved in humans, would there be any advantage to starting with hES or iPS cells to produce pancreatic cells in order to gain widespread acceptance of this therapeutic approach? Why?
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