Edited by
REBECCA G. BAGLEY
BEVERLY A. TEICHER

2009

The recent surge in stem cell research has ignited a field of discovery into many human diseases including diabetes, neuropathologies, and cancer. Stem cell therapy is a promising approach to the treatment of many debilitating diseases to replace specific differentiated cells that have been lost or died. Although stem cells may provide therapeutic benefit under certain conditions, stem cells are often implicated in the initiation, progression, and therapeutic resistance of malignant disease.