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Why do stem cells have to come from an embryo? Why can’t we use adult stem cells?

April 26, 2017Adult embryo stem cells

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Why do stem cells have to come from an embryo? Why can’t we use adult stem cells?

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For some treatments and research, such as bone marrow transplants and heart disease, adult stem cells can be used in place of embryonic stems. But to study early development, only embryonic stem cells can be used because adult stem cells have progressed too far into a differentiated state. Furthermore, some tissue and organs do not have a population of adult stem cells, so the only way a cell-based treatment could be created would be using an embryonic stem cell.