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Stem cells have the potential to become many kinds of cells and can renew themselves through cell division.
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These cells are like blank slates and they have the potential to turn into any type of cell.
Two women with untreatable eye diseases said they had dramatic improvements in their vision after injections of human embryonic stem cells making it the first documented time these controversial.
Embryonic stem cells can give rise to any type of cell in the body.
A study at duke university shows promising results using stem cells for children with autism.