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Title

Stem cells and regenerative medicine / editors, Walter C. Low, Catherine M. Verfaillie.

Publication

Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors

• Low, Walter C.
• Verfaillie, Catherine M.

Description

xviii, 551 pages illustrations, (chiefly color); 24 cm

Summary

"This textbook provides an overview of the latest advances in the field of stem cell biology, spanning topics that include nuclear reprogramming, somatic cell cloning, and determinants of cell fate; embryonic stem cells for hematopietic and pancreatic repair; adult stem cells for cardiovascular, neural, renal, and hepatic repair; and manufacturing of stem cells for clinical use."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Stem cells
• Regenerative medicine
• Stem Cells
• Regenerative Medicine > methods
• Stem Cell Transplantation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Embryonic Stem Cells, Nuclear Reprogramming, and Stem Cell Fate -- Ch. 1. Development of Diverse Hematopoietic Cell Populations from Human Embryonic Stem Cells / Rizwan Romee, Ketan Doshi and Dan S. Kaufman -- Ch. 2. Using Embryonic Stem Cells as a Model of Pancreatic Development / Zhaohui Geng, Lucas Chase and Meri T. Firpo -- Ch. 3. Approaches to Identifying Nuclear Reprogramming Factors from Embryonic Stem Cell Biology and Somatic Cell Nuclear Cloning / Nobuaki Kikyo -- Ch. 4. Cell Cycle Control of Stem Cell Fate / Lucas Nacusi and Robert Sheaff -- Adult Stem Cells -- Ch. 5. Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cells / Yuehua Jiang, April Breyer and Catherine Velfaillie -- Ch. 6. Ocular Surface Epithelial Stem Cells / De-Quan Li, Stephen C. Pflugfelder and Andrew J. W. Huang -- Stem Cells for Muscle and Heart -- Ch. 7. Stem Cells in Skeletal Muscle Regeneration / Atsushi Asakura -- Ch. 8. Myogenic Precursor Cells in the Extraocular Muscles / Kristen M. Kallestad and Linda K. McLoon -- Ch. 9. Treating the Continuum of Coronary Heart Disease with Progenitor-Cell-based Repair: The University of Minnesota Experience / Doris A. Taylor, Jonathan D. McCue and Andrey G. Zenovich -- Ch. 10. Postnatal Stem Cells for Myocardial Repair / Mohammad Nurulqadr Jameel, Peter Eckman, Arthur From, Catherine Verfaillie and Jianyi Zhang -- Stem Cells for the Nervous System -- Ch. 11. Use of a [beta]-Galactosidase Reporter Coupled to Cell-Specific Promoters to Examine Differentiation of Neural Progenitor Cells In Vivo and In Vitro / Dale S. Gregerson -- Ch. 12. From Neural Stem Cells to Neuroregeneration / Terry C. Burns, Walter C. Low and Catherine M. Verfaillie -- Ch. 13. Cochlear Stem Cells/Progenitors / Jizhen Lin, Walter Low and Catherine Verfaillie -- Ch. 14. Intravascular Delivery Systems for Stem Cell Transplantation in Neurologic Disorders / Vallabh Janardhan, Adnan I. Qureshi and Walter C. Low -- Ch. 15. Stem Cell Strategies for Treating Inner Ear Dysfunction / John H. Anderson and Steven K. Juhn -- Stem Cells for Liver and Kidney -- Ch. 16. Renal Stem Cells / Sandeep Gupta and Mark E. Rosenberg -- Ch. 17. Liver Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine / Xin Wang, Yiping Hu, Zongyu Chen and Xiaoyan Ding -- Technology for Production of Stem Cells -- Ch. 18. Clinical Manufacture of Stem Cells and Derivative Cell Populations / David H. McKenna and John Wagner -- Ch. 19. Stem Cell Culture Engineering / Kartik Subramanian and Wei-Shou Hu.

ISBN

• 9789812775764 (hbk. : alk. paper)
• 9812775765 (hbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2008009898

OCLC

• ocn213008110
• 213008110
• SCSB-5427574

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries