Like a blank slate, stem cells can develop into any cell type. As a result of this property, stem cells offer the promise of regenerating tissue where disease has damaged it and caused it to lose function.
Stem cell therapy, otherwise known as the regenerative medicine, promotes the regrow, repair or replacement of the diseased, dysfunctional or damaged tissues using stem cells.
In most of the doctors' perception the term 'regenerative medicine' is associated with tissue reconstruction after severe injuries, burns or trauma.