Stem Cell Therapy: A Whole World of New Era

Abstract

It was in late 19th century when the term ‘Stem Cell’ was coined by Theodor Boveri and Valentin Haecker where as the key properties of a stem cell were first defined by Ernest McCulloch and James Till in the early 1960s but no one had predicted that by 2021 Stem cell therapy (SCT) will be seen as a panacea for all ills.^1,2 Stem cells hold immense potential in treatment of diseases that were considered traditionally as “degenerative, chronic, incurable, irreversible and diseases with genetic predisposition” such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy, diabetes, heart disease, spinal cord injuries, Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease etc.

The two characteristic feature of a stem cell that has aroused unlimited possibilities in stem cell therapy are Self-renewal and Potency.