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Abstract In 1960 first few cases of successful use of stem cell of bone marrow origin in treatment of congenital immune deficiency disorder and end stage leukemia were reported (Brockes et al., 1997). Stem cells have two important characters that listing distinguish them from other types of cells. First, they are unspecialized cells that renew themselves for long periods through cell division. The second is that under certain physiologic or experimental conditions, they can be induced to become cells with special functions such as the beating cells of heart muscles or the insulin producing cells of the pancreas. |