The Department of Stem Cells was established in 2002 to establish embryonic stem cell lines and to differentiate them to some different kinds of cells including: Cardiomyocytes, Beta Cells, and Neural Cells. Thereafter, it expanded to nine main research groups containing Embryonic/Adult Stem Cell Biology, Neural, Beta, and Germ Cell, Heart, Eye, Liver and Physicochemical Factors. All these endeavourers made us the pioneer in Stem Cell research in Iran.

Stem Cell Technology Company, the first Iranian private center on tissue engineering has been established since 2004. Though the main focus of the present time is on research projects, development of clinical products for the regeneration of damaged or diseased tissues is the long-term objective of this center.