Stem cells : from bench to bedside /

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Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2011.
Description:xxxi, 688 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8302478
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Other authors / contributors:Bongso, Ariff.
Lee, Eng Hin, 1947-
ISBN:9789814289382 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9814289388 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • List of Contributors
  • Chapter 1. Human Embryonic Stem Cell Characterization: Similarities and Differences between Cell Lines and Sources
  • Chapter 2. Molecular Principles Underlying Pluripotency and Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells
  • Chapter 3. Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells to Cardiomyocytes
  • Chapter 4. Suspension and Simulated Microgravity Cultures of Human Embryonic Stem Cells
  • Chapter 5. Large Scale Culture of Pluripotent Stem Cells for Therapy
  • Chapter 6. Human Embryonic Stem Cell-derived Tissue Transplantation Therapy: Clinical Hurdles
  • Chapter 7. Challenges of Taking Embryonic Stem Cells from Bench to Clinic
  • Chapter 8. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
  • Chapter 9. Control of the Human Pluripotent Cell Cycle
  • Chapter 10. Uses of Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells
  • Chapter 11. Human Umbilical Cord Wharton's Jelly Stem Cells: Their Nature, Properties and Benefits
  • Chapter 12. Derivation of Hepatocytes from Human Umbilical Cord Lining Epithelial Stem Cells
  • Chapter 13. Fetal Mesenchymal Stem Cells
  • Chapter 14. From Stem Cells to Neurons: Translating Basic Science into Preclinical Animal Validation
  • Chapter 15. Stem Cells of the Liver: Basic Science and Clinical Applications
  • Chapter 16. Stem Cells of the Eye
  • Chapter 17. Human (Skeletal) Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Basic Biology and Clinical Applications for Bone Tissue Regeneration
  • Chapter 18. Cartilage Repair with Stem Cells
  • Chapter 19. Ligament and Tendon Repair with Adult Stem Cells
  • Chapter 20. Stem Cells in Human Skin: Basic Science and Applications
  • Chapter 21. Germline Differentiation from Stem Cells
  • Chapter 22. Stem Cells of the Human Uterus: Derivation, Characterization and Uses of Endometrial Stem Cells
  • Chapter 23. Stem Cells in Cardiac Tissue Engineering
  • Chapter 24. Stem Cell Science and Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: Fine-Tuning the Ethical Issues
  • Chapter 25. Stem Cells: New Scientific Developments, Familiar Ethics
  • Index