Statement 1 is correct: Stem cells possess the unique ability to divide and renew themselves through mitotic cell division, maintaining the stem cell population. Statement 2 is incorrect: Human embryonic stem cells were first successfully derived in 1998 by James Thomson and his colleagues at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, not in 1908 by James Thomas.
Consider the following statements about stem cells : 1. Stem cells have the potential for self- renewal via mitotic cell division. 2. In 1908, James Thomas and his colleagues first derived human embryonic stem cells from donated blastocysts through in vitro fertilization. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Asked in UPSC CISF AC EXE 2024 · Topic: Cell (Cell Division: Mitosis and Meiosis (Stages and Significance))
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