... Theycan renew themselves in the body, making identical copies of themselvesfor the lifetime of the organism, or become specialized to yield the celltypes of the tissue of origin. Sources of ... types of tissues, the use of stem cells to generate neurons, heart, kidney,blood, liver and other tissues, and the prospective clinical uses of these tissues. The workshop will consider the biological ... science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has amandate that requires it to advise the...