Stem Cells: Test Your Knowledge
Medically Reviewed by Nayana Ambardekar, MD on September 20, 2022
Question 1/10
Stem cell treatments are risk-free if they come from your own body.
- True.
- False.
Question 2/10
There are no proven stem cell treatments -- yet.
- True.
- False.
Question 3/10
Stem cells cure ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease).
- True.
- False.
Question 4/10
What's so special about stem cells, anyway?
- They never die.
- They can make other types of cells.
- They come from the brain stem.
Question 5/10
Adult stem cells are found only in bone marrow.
- True.
- False.
Question 6/10
Stem cells might cure the common cold.
- True.
- False.
Question 7/10
Scientists can reprogram skin cells to act like stem cells.
- True.
- False.
Question 8/10
"Adult" stem cells are only found in grown-ups.
- True.
- False.
Question 9/10
Any embryonic stem cell can be used for research in the U.S.
- True.
- False.
Question 10/10
New parents should bank their baby's umbilical cord blood, just in case the child needs stem cells later on.
- True.
- False.