are human embryonic stem cells and embryonic stem cells the same?

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are human embryonic stem cells and embryonic stem cells the same?

2006-07-22 08:23:25 · 2 answers · asked by afi_rock11 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine

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not necessarily

all human embryonic stem cells are embryonic stem cells

but dog embyo cells are not human embryonic cells

2006-07-22 08:30:28 · answer #1 · answered by enginerd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

...not if you take the stem cells from an animal embryo...

saying "human" ES cells just describes where you got the stem cells from

you could say rat ES cells...ES cells from rats

2006-07-22 08:26:26 · answer #2 · answered by Heather 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋