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- Editors:
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Hossein Baharvand
- Geared to undergraduates, postgraduates, stem cell biologists, tissue engineers, medical doctors, and scientists with an interest in stem cell research and therapeutic purposes
- The text is very comprehensive and covers new aspects of stem cell research
- Many of the chapters carry extensive self-explanatory figures, graphics, and tables
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Stem cells, characterized by the ability to both self-renew and to generate diff- entiated functional cell types, have been derived from the embryo and from va- ous sources of the postnatal animals and human. The recent advances in stem cell research have led to a better understanding of self-renewal, maintenance, and diff- entiation of both embryonic and somatic stem cells. This has significantly increased our knowledge of cellular and developmental biology in general and will certainly continue to do so for a long time to come. Moreover, given their role in maintaining and replenishing tissues, stem cells represent a potential means of restoring tissue function and thereby treating the root cause of degenerative disease. Therefore, in parallel, we need to improve our cognizance of the challenges involved in applying stem cells in clinical settings. The current chapters highlight both of these aspects: that of understanding the “actual” and that of developing the “possible. ” In recognition of the growing excitement and potential of stem cells as models for both the advancement of basic science and future clinical applications, I felt it timely to edit this book in which forefront investigators would provide new findings for the use of stem cells to study various lineages and tissue types and some app- cations.
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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- Ariff Bongso, Chui-Yee Fong
Pages 1-17
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- Sigrid Eckardt, K. John McLaughlin
Pages 19-38
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- Neli Petrova Ragina, Jose Bernardo Cibelli
Pages 39-55
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- Maurizio Zuccotti, Silvia Garagna, Carlo Alberto Redi
Pages 57-70
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- Parisa Mardanpour, Kaomei Guan, Tamara Glaeser, Jae Ho Lee, Jessica Nolte, Gerald Wulf et al.
Pages 71-81
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- Noelia Andollo, M. Dolores Boyano, M. del Mar Zalduendo, Juan Aréchaga
Pages 83-100
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- Sebastian T. Balbach, F. M. Cavaleri, Luca Gentile, Marcos J. Araúzo-Bravo, Hans R. Schöler, N. Crosetto et al.
Pages 101-121
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- Ana Isabel Marqués-Marí, José Vicente Medrano, Carlos Simón
Pages 137-147
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- Virginie Olive, François Cuzin, Minoo Rassoulzadegan
Pages 163-175
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- Basem M. Abdallah, Hamid Saeed, Moustapha Kassem
Pages 177-190
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- Christof Stamm, Boris Nasseri, Roland Hetzer
Pages 191-228
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- Tomo Saric, Lukas P. Frenzel, Azra Fatima, Manoj K. Gupta, Jürgen Hescheler
Pages 229-260
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- Objoon Trachoo, Marcelo N. Rivolta
Pages 261-282
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- Valeria Franceschini, Simone Bettini, Riccardo Saccardi, Roberto P. Revoltella
Pages 283-297
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- Enrique Roche, Nestor Vicente-Salar, Maribel Arribas, Beatriz Paredes
Pages 299-317
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- Sai Kolli, Majlinda Lako, Francisco Figueiredo, Sajjad Ahmad
Pages 319-365
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- Hossein Hosseinkhani, Mohsen Hosseinkhani
Pages 367-387