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 first step in using stem cells for disease treatment is to establish stem cell lines, which researchers have accomplished. Next, scientists must be able to turn on specific genes within the stem cells so that the stem cells will differentiate into any cell they wish. But scientists have not learned how to do this yet; so, studying stem cell differentiation is an active area of research.