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.