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Which of the following is NOT something an Australian member of Parliament said? - correct answer
✔"Embryos are not human and therefore do not have any rights. Since they have no rights they can be
created and used for research purposes."
What principle does Harris think that we should adhere to when it comes to embryonic stem cell
research? - correct answer ✔The principle of waste avoidance.
Which of the following is a main thesis of John Harris' article "Stem Cells, Sex, and Procreation"? -
correct answer ✔If we find it acceptable to sacrifice embryos to have a child by natural means, then it
should be no less acceptable to sacrifice embryos by assisted reproductive technologies.
When unspecialized stem cells give rise to specialized cells, the process is called what? - correct answer
✔Differentiation
What does pluripotent mean? - correct answer ✔Having the ability to give rise to all of the various cell
types of the body.
Which of the following a potential use of human stem cells? - correct answer ✔*ALL OF THESE*
1) To test new cancer drugs;
2) To form insulin-producing cells that eventually could be used in transplantation therapy for persons
with diabetes;
3) To generate healthy heart muscle cells in the laboratory and then transplant those cells into patients
with chronic heart disease.1
Which of the following is a difference between embryonic and adult stem cells? - correct answer
✔Embryonic stem cells can become all cell types of the body because they are pluripotent. Adult stem
cells are thought to be limited to differentiating into different cell types of their tissue of origin.