Stem cells are considered the building blocks of biology. Research in developmental biology is what led to the discovery of human stem cells, precursor cells that can give rise to multiple tissue types. ... The research and study of stem cells can lead us to many great opportunities in the future. ... We are now at the center of biology itself. ...

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Stem cells can be replicated and used continually over and over in numerous amounts of studies, and they also can be used to save lives and cure diseases. ... Finally, researching material like this will allow scientists to just better understand the processes of development and cell biology, possibly finding even more cures to different cancers or birth defects. ...

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In one case, which was one of the public's first exposures to gene therapy, eighteen year-old patient Jesse Gelsinger died during one of The University of Pennsylvania's studies on gene therapy (2). ... Biology (6th ed.). ...

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