Stem cell treatments are a type of genetic medicine that introduces new cells into damaged tissue in order to treat a disease or injury. Many medical researchers believe that stem cell treatments have the potential to change the face of human disease and alleviate suffering. The ability of stem cells to self-renew and give rise to subsequent generations that can differentiate offers a large potential to culture tissues that can replace diseased and damaged tissues in the body, without the risk of rejection and side effects.
A number of stem cell treatments exist, although most are still experimental and/or costly, with the notable exception of bone marrow transplantation. Medical researchers anticipate one day being able to use technologies derived from adult and embryonic stem cell research to treat the following conditions
| Aging | Erectile disorder | Osteoporosis |
| Allergies | Gangrene | Parkinson’s Diseases |
| Alzheimer’s Disease | Hay Fever | Peripheral Arterial diseases |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig disease) | Hepatitis c | Primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) |
| Ankylosing spondylitis | Huntington’s Disease | Progressive supranuclear Paralysis (PSP) |
| Anoxia | Hyperhidrosis | Psoriasis |
| Ataxia | IGAN | Retinal degeneration |
| Autism | Insomnia | Retinitis pigmentosa |
| Batten Disease | keloid Disease | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| Breast Cancer | Kidney-nephrotic syndrome | Sclerosing Proliferative Glomerulonephritis |
| Buerger disease | liver cirrhosis | Sickle-cell anemia (or drepanocytosis) |
| Burnout Syndrome | IV Macular Degeneration | Skin Cancer |
| Cancer | Meningitis | SLE (Systemic lupus erythematosus) |
| Cardiovascular Diseases | Mesothelioma | Spina-Bifida |
| Cerebral palsy | Multiple Sclerosis | spinal cord degeneration |
| Critical Limb Ischemia | Multiple System Atrophy | Spinal Cord Injury |
| Dementia | Muscular Dystrophy | Stapedectomy |
| Dermatomyositis | Myelodysplastic Syndromes | Stroke |
| Diabetes | Myocardial Infarction | Thalassaemia |
| Diabetes mellitus (type 1 and type2) | Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) | Thyroid disorders |
| Diabetic Foot Ulcer | Optic nerve atrophy | Traumatic brain injury |
| Encephalomyelitis | Optic Nerve damage | Treacher-Collins syndrome |
| Epilepsy | Osteoarthritis | Wolman disease |