Fears, RobinAkutsu, HidenoriAlentajan-Aleta, Lara TheresaCaicedo, AndresDe Carvalho, Antonio Carlos CamposColic, MiodragCornish, JillianCossu, GiulioDebre, PatriceDierckxsens, GeoffreyEl-Badri, NagwaGriffin, GeorgeHsieh, Patrick Chingo-HoInamdar, Maneesha S.Kumar, PradeepAbraham, Consuelo MaciasMaciulaitis, RomaldasMahtab, Mamun AlO’Brien, Fergal J.Pepper, Michael SeanTer Meulen, Volker2022-10-062022-10-062021-08-10Robin Fears, Hidenori Akutsu, Lara Theresa Alentajan-Aleta, Andrés Caicedo, Antonio Carlos Campos de Carvalho, Miodrag Colić, Jillian Cornish, Giulio Cossu, Patrice Debré, Geoffrey Dierckxsens, Nagwa El-Badri, George Griffin, Patrick Chingo-Ho Hsieh, Maneesha S. Inamdar, Pradeep Kumar, Consuelo Macias Abraham, Romaldas Maciulaitis, Mamun Al Mahtab, Fergal J. O'Brien, Michael Sean Pepper, Volker ter Meulen, Inclusivity and diversity: Integrating international perspectives on stem cell challenges and potential, Stem Cell Reports, Volume 16, Issue 8,2021, Pages 1847-1852, ISSN 2213-6711, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2021.07.003.2213-6711 (online)10.1016/j.stemcr.2021.07.003https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/87556Regenerative medicine has great potential. The pace of scientific advance is exciting and the medical opportunities for regeneration and repair may be transformative. However, concerns continue to grow, relating to problems caused both by unscrupulous private clinics offering unregulated therapies based on little or no evidence and by premature regulatory approval on the basis of insufficient scientific rationale and clinical evidence. An initiative by the InterAcademy Partnership convened experts worldwide to identify opportunities and challenges, with a focus on stem cells. This was designed to be inclusive and consensus outputs reflected the diversity of the global research population. Among issues addressed for supporting research and innovation while protecting patients were ethical assessment; pre-clinical and clinical research; regulatory authorization and medicines access; and engagement with patients, policy makers, and the public. The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) identified options for action for sharing good practice and building collaboration within the scientific community and with other stakeholders worldwide.enThis is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).Regenerative medicineInclusivityDiversityStem cell challengesStem cell potentialArticle