plumiShould we use stem cells to treat damage and disease?: OCR GCSE Combined Science B questions
Every OCR GCSE Combined Science B exam question on B4.4 Should we use stem cells to treat damage and disease?, 2018–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 16 questions on Should we use stem cells to treat damage and disease?, as a list
- June 2025, Biology Paper 1 Foundation, Q6(b)(ii) (2 marks): Scientists want to use stem cells as a treatment for this disease. Explain why stem cells could be used to treat this disease. [2]
- June 2025, Biology Paper 1 Foundation, Q6(b)(iii) (1 mark): Which statement is an ethical implication of using stem cells? Tick (✓) one box. It is possible for viruses to be transferred with the stem cells leading to inf
- June 2025, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q5(c)(ii) (1 mark): Which statement is an ethical implication of using stem cells? Tick (✓) one box. It is possible for viruses to be transferred with the stem cells leading to inf
- June 2025, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q5(c)(iii) (1 mark): Explain your answer to (c)(ii). [1]
- June 2023, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q9(e) (2 marks): A treatment for leukaemia involves: Step 1: Destroying the patient’s existing affected cells. Step 2: Giving the patient a transplant of bone marrow stem cells.
- November 2021, Biology Paper 1 Foundation, Q8(c)(i) (2 marks): Using stem cells is a possible treatment for cystic fibrosis. Stem cells can be taken from embryos or adult humans. Describe one similarity and one difference i
- November 2021, Biology Paper 1 Foundation, Q8(c)(ii) (2 marks): Give one advantage and one disadvantage of using embryonic stem cells in treating cystic fibrosis. Advantage Disadvantage [2]
- November 2020, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q9(a) (2 marks): Explain why scientists used adult stem cells. [2]
- November 2020, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q9(b) (1 mark): The scientists used stem cells from mice, humans and rats. How was this an advantage when analysing the tissues in the artificial oesophagus? Tick (✓) one box.
- November 2020, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q9(c)(i) (1 mark): Suggest one risk associated with this research. [1]
- November 2020, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q9(c)(ii) (1 mark): Suggest one ethical issue associated with this research. [1]
- June 2019, Biology Paper 1 Foundation, Q3(b)(ii) (4 marks): Red blood cells contain a protein called haemoglobin. Red blood cells are made from stem cells in the bone marrow. The sentences below explain why only these st
- June 2019, Biology Paper 1 Foundation, Q3(c)(i) (1 mark): Which statement about stem cells from bone marrow is true? Tick (✓) one box. They are adult stem cells They are embryonic stem cells They are specialised cells
- June 2019, Biology Paper 1 Foundation, Q3(c)(ii) (2 marks): The scientists’ results were published in a peer-reviewed journal. Which statements explain why we can have confidence in the reported results? Tick (✓) two box
- June 2019, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q5(c)(i) (2 marks): Evaluate the scientists’ claim to have cured SCD. [2]
- June 2019, Biology Paper 5 Higher, Q5(c)(ii) (2 marks): The scientists used adult stem cells from the man for the procedure. Why does the use of adult stem cells cause fewer ethical issues than the use of embryonic s
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