Stem Cells

We are learning about stem cells in class right now. From what I understand, it looks like you could take a person, plop them into a vat of some solvent so that all of their cells melt away, and leave their connective tissue behind. Then, if you just added some of their stem cells you had saved, VIOLA! You have a brand new version of the same person! Perhaps that is a bit of an oversimplification, but that is what it seems like.