Embryonic stem cells derived from blastocysts are pluripotent, and therefore useful in stem cell research because they ________

a. are viable under a wide range of laboratory conditions
b. do not replicate and are therefore stable long-term
c. can form all cells, tissues, and organs of the human body
d. are specialized and therefore arrested in G0

e. function to replace damaged or diseased body parts in adults


c

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