Interventional Procedures At Advanced Pain Management, we specialize in treating chronic pain conditions. This specialty is relatively new, although algology (the study of pain) has been present since before the age of Hippocrates.
Main article: Stem cells. Stem cells are cells found in all multi-cellular organisms. They were isolated in mice in 1981, and in humans in 1998. In humans there are many types of stem cells, each with varying levels of potency.
The importance of stem cell research lies in the fact that it that it can copy certain types of cells, enabling it to turn into a brain or a muscle or almost anything, however the best and easiest ways to get these stem cells are through embryonic cells, which gives rise to a lot of ethical questions.