Cancer is the condition when the cells proliferate at uncontrollable rates and
the wrong locations. Cancer research is a prime property in the real-estate of science
with immense potential of success. Regenerative medicine deals with the regeneration
of new cells to replace damaged or mutated cells, which requires the understanding of
growth-related pathways and molecular mechanisms of tumorigenesis. Stem cells have
proven useful in cancer therapies, at least in those cancers, for which the stem cell
markers have been identified. Induced pluripotency is an amicable solution for the
cancers in which these markers are not significantly expressed. Genetic reprogramming
of somatic cells to produce stem cells has been a magic bullet for regenerative
medicine. The chapter presents the salient aspects of regenerative medicine and the
potential of stem cells for cancer therapies.
Keywords: Cancer, Cancer Stem Cells, Homing Bone Marrow, Regenerative
Medicine, Stem Cells, Stem Cell Therapy.
