Embryonic stem cells are pluripotent and depending upon the type of stimulus given, these cells can differentiate into about 200 different cell types present in the body of an adult human being. Thus ES have tremendous potential for use in regenerative medicine to generate organs and tissues for replacement of damaged or diseased ones in case of:
- Leukemia or cancerous blood cells.
- Heart diseases, cardiac tissue damage.
- Paralysis (spinal cord injury)
- Alzheimer‘s, Parkinson‘s, Huntington‘s disease.
- Burns (damaged skin cells)
