Stem cells were first put forward in ,Canada 1908, by
Alexander Maksimov, but no significant discoveries were made shortly
after. 60 years later, James E. Till and Ernest A. McCulloch discovered
self-renewing cells in the bone marrow of mouse. Due to this discovery
this led scientist to do a number of experiments. In 1978,
haematopoietic stem cells were discovered in human cord blood cells.
Shortly after, in 1981, scientist such as: Martin Evans, Matthew
Kaufman, and Gail R. Martin were able to retrieve embryonic stem cells
from mouse's blastocyst. In 1997, scientist found a link between
Leukemia and haematopoietic stem cells. James
Thompson, 1998, was the first to derive human embryonic stem cells. The
goal of stem cell research is to repair damaged tissue that cant repair
themselves. The reason that people continue to research stem cells is because they believe this can be the solution to all our medical problems. (Citation-2)
