• Question: could you grow back a whole body out of stem cells ?

    Asked by Ilovecricket to Luke on 14 Mar 2018.
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      Luke Williams answered on 14 Mar 2018:

      Yes you could. This is effectively how everyone is made. However, there is a very specific set of stem cells that can do this. They are called totipotent cells because they can form EVERY type of cell in the body. It is very rare, even for stem cells, to be able to do this. Most are pluripotent, meaning they can make most types of cell.

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