Published by Springer. ISSN: 1550-8943.No area of medicine can avoid being affected by developments resulting from stem cell research. In recent years, research has dramatically revealed that stem cells possess an unlimited potential to transform themselves into a variety of cell types within the body, theoretically dividing endlessly to replenish other cells as long as its host is still alive. As a cell divides, each new cell resulting from that division has the ability to develop another type of cell with a more specialized function within th body (blood, organ, muscle, nerve). Stem cell research has already proven of high value to biologists and researchers worldwide in better understanding a variety of complex medical conditions, such as birth defects and cancer, as well as the potential to correct their causes. In addition, stem cells offer the possibility of a steady source of cells and tissues to aid in the study and treatment of a variety of illnesses, disabilities, and conditions in the fields of cardiovascular disease, arthritis, CNS, and diabetes. Stem Cell Reviews will be devoted to the publication of timely, critical reviews of important topics in stem cell research, topics on which the authors will have made significant contributions. This quarterly journal will immediately become must reading for every stem cell biologist and medical investigator as it examines and critically evaluates new information in the field. Editorial commentaries and other items of special interest to its readers will also be offered.

由施普林格出版。ISSN: 1550-8943。任何醫學領域都無法避免受到干細胞研究成果的影響。近年來，研究戲劇性地揭示出干細胞具有無限的潛能，可以在體內轉化成多種細胞類型，理論上只要宿主還活著，干細胞就會無休止地分裂，以補充其他細胞。當一個細胞分裂時，每一個由此分裂產生的新細胞都有能力在體內(血液、器官、肌肉、神經)發育出另一種功能更為特殊的細胞。干細胞研究已被證明對全世界的生物學家和研究人員具有很高的價值，有助于更好地理解各種復雜的醫療條件，如出生缺陷和癌癥，以及糾正其病因的潛力。此外，干細胞為研究和治療心血管疾病、關節炎、中樞神經系統疾病和糖尿病等領域的各種疾病、殘疾和病癥提供了穩定的細胞和組織來源的可能性。干細胞綜述將致力于對干細胞研究中的重要課題進行及時、批判性的綜述，作者將在這些課題上做出重大貢獻。這本季刊將立即成為每個干細胞生物學家和醫學研究者的必讀，因為它檢查和批判性地評估該領域的新信息。編輯評論和其他讀者特別感興趣的項目也將提供。