• Question: what part of the human body do you most get cells from or examine the cells?

    Asked by lilpanda to Anzy, Aoife, Dave, Matt, Tomasz on 14 Nov 2013.
    • Photo: David Christensen

      David Christensen answered on 14 Nov 2013:


      Hey lilpanda,
      My work is all with embryonic stem cells, which were originally taken from embryos more than 10 years ago and have been kept alive in a lab since!

    • Photo: Tomasz Kostrzewski

      Tomasz Kostrzewski answered on 14 Nov 2013:


      Hi lilpanda, I get lots of stem cells from the bone marrow. Here all of your blood cells are made including your red blood cells and all of your white blood cells, which make up your immune system

    • Photo: Matthew Tomlinson

      Matthew Tomlinson answered on 14 Nov 2013:


      Hi lilpanda

      I work with stem cells from wisdom teeth and also from bone marrow. There aren’t many stem cells in teeth so we have to grow them in the lab to get more cells. I also want to start working with stem cells from fat and the umbilical cord, if we can get funding.

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