  This mini review is to introduce the readers of Plasma to the field of plasma
medicine. This is a multidisciplinary field of research at the intersection of
physics, engineering, biology and medicine. Plasma medicine is only about two
decades old, but the research community active in this emerging field has grown
tremendously in the last few years. Today, research is being conducted on a
number of applications including wound healing and cancer treatment. Although a
lot of knowledge has been created and our understanding of the fundamental
mechanisms that play important roles in the interaction between low temperature
plasma and biological cells and tissues has greatly expanded, much remains to
be done to get a thorough and detailed picture of all the physical and
biochemical processes that enter into play.
