O6- regenerative medicine: from past to present and the future

stem cells are the precursors of all other cell types in the body. what makes stem cells special is that they are regenerative. regenerative medicine is a growing field that offers the potential to repair and replace damaged tissues and organs by using those that are specially grown. stem cell transplantation was pioneered using bone-marrow-derived stem cells by a team at the fred hutchinson cancer research center from the 1950s through the 1970s led by e. donnall thomas, whose work was later recognized with a nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 1990