• Question: I like your mostache. how are stem cells made?

    Asked by errin123brady to Aoife on 18 Nov 2013.
    • Photo: Aoife O'Shaughnessy-Kirwan

      Aoife O'Shaughnessy-Kirwan answered on 18 Nov 2013:

      Hi errin123brady,
      Thanks! I like my moustache too! Different types of stem cells come from different places. Embryonic stem cells come from very early embryos, when they are only a tiny ball of cells. Adult stem cells like blood stem cells come from bone marrow : )

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