Juan Domínguez-Bendala

2009

The last decade has witnessed the consolidation of “regenerative medicine” as a recognized scientific field, encompassing disciplines as diverse as cell biology, immunology, developmental biology, and surgery. The report on the isolation of human embryonic stem (huES) cells by James Thomson in 19981 opened our eyes to a ground-breaking notion: that defective tissues could be replaced by an unlimited source of self-renewing cells with the ability to morph in vitro into any of them.