en Original Article Original Article This paper summarizes the proceedings of the stem cell session of the “7th Yazd International Congress and Student Award in Reproductive Medicine” held at Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran, on 28-30 April 2017. Here, we collected the papers of the session entitled: “Stem Cells, Good manufacturing practice, and tissue engineering”, that presented and discussed at this meeting by the international and national experts of the overlaps of the fields of stem cells and reproductive medicine, and the translation of these efforts towards practical application in regenerative medicine. Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), Regenerative medicine, Reproductive medicine, Tissue engineering 319 320 http://ijrm.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-57&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Zahra Borzouie mahzad626@yahoo.com Yes Stem Cell Biology Research Center, Yazd Reproductive Sciences Institute, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Somayyeh Sadat Tahajjodi No Research and Clinical Center for Infertility, Yazd Reproductive Sciences Institute, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Behrouz Aflatoonian No Department of Reproductive Biology, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran