Edited by
M.A. Hayat

2012

Therapeutic Applications in Disease
and Injury

Stem Cells are nature’s indispensable gift to multicellular organisms, including humans. This is volume 8 of the 14-volume series, Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells: Therapeutic Applications in Disease and Tissue Injury . A stem cell is defined as a cell that can self-renew and differentiate into one or more specialized cell types.