Stem cell technology

Stem cell technology is a rapidly developing field that combines the efforts of cell biologists, geneticists, and clinicians and offers hope of effective treatment for a variety of malignant and non-malignant diseases. Stem cells are defined as totipotent progenitor cells capable of self renewal and multilineage differentiation. The human body is composed of different cells and tissues but these stem cells are the source for every tissue and organ in the body. A stem cell can easily be differentiated from all other cells in the body by its ability to renew. It can be divided into much more similar cells. The most important function of these stem cells is that they can repair and replace the tissues available in the human body. These cells have strong healing power. For example- When we get injured, stem cells available in our muscles repairs all the damaged tissues in few days. Also, these cells have the exceptional potential to evolve into any type of cell.