Pathways To Math Literacy
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Author: David Sobecki Professor, Brian A. Mercer
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2.5, Problem 9C
This number line is a timeline of important advances in medical science. Use it to answer Questions 3–10.
The two most recent events on the timeline are organs grown from stem cells, and skin cells grown into stem cells. How do the dates compare?
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Pathways To Math Literacy
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