Book excerpt: Stem cell therapy is a complicated field, and we need adiversity of opinions and insight in order to fully understandit. But most people, when they pick up a book like this, endup feeling completely overwhelmed by all of the informationand technical jargon that they read. It can be a lot to take in,making it hard to read, and even harder to write. As medicalprofessionals, we have to often remind ourselves that the laypublic is not familiar with medical terminology.We have to make sure that we keep our terminologygeneric enough to be understood by those who have not gonethrough four years of medical school and, at the same time, wemust provide enough detail for physicians who want to readabout these procedures and, perhaps, have a procedure done.And in order to get this balance right, we have approached ourtopic from several different angles.The goal is to give you a broad understanding of all the possibilities and what are realities this with this new type of medicine. We sincerely hope you enjoy the book, and please speak to your local contributor who is listed in the book to determine if this treatment is right for you.