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Photo credits (top of page, left to right): Human embryonic stem cell culture (University of Wisconsin-Madison, News and updates, 2006), Embryonic stem cells (Biotechnology Australia, 2006), Nerve cells that were differentiated from embryonic stem cells (ALS Association, 2004), Neural stem cells (Orion Biosolutions, n.d.), Scanning electron micrograph of an adult bone marrow stem cell (Basu, 2003)