Stem Cell Technology Question for BioDopers

A question–what is the true value of & applications for stem cell research?

What is a practical expectation over 5 years?
Over 10?
15?

No pie in the sky, & moderate estimates only, please. The glass is half empty, here.

Well, for an example of what’s already being done : Woman given new windpipe grown from her own stem cells.

I don’t have a bunch of free time this morning, but the International Society for Stem Cell Research seems like a good starting place.

You do know there are many kinds of stem cell…