The Blastocoel
$1,400.00
Kella L. Vangsness
Acrylic and oil on canvas
24x24”
Human embryonic stem cells are derived from the inner cell mass of the blastocyst on day 5 in embryonic development. Human ES cells are pluripotent cells and can differentiate into various cell types in vivo and in vitro. There has been a shift away from using human embryonic stem cells due to ethical issues and replaced with reprogramming somatic cells into pluripotent stem cells, called induced pluripotent stem cells.