Which term describes using adult or embryonic stem cells that can be made into specialized cells?

• A. Gene editing
• B. Stem cell research
• C. Immunizations
• D. Immunotherapy

Answer: (B)

Understanding how stem cells can be guided to become specialized cells is what this question targets. The term that describes using adult or embryonic stem cells and turning them into specific cell types is stem cell research. This field covers studying how stem cells develop, how to direct their differentiation into tissues like muscle, nerve, or heart cells, and how those cells might be used for repairing damage, modeling diseases, or testing drugs. Gene editing focuses on altering genetic material itself, immunizations are vaccines that build immunity, and immunotherapy uses the immune system to treat diseases—none of these describe the process of turning stem cells into specialized cells.