Stem cells : from bench to bedside / editors, Ariff Bongso & Eng Hin Lee ; forewords by Sydney Brenner & Philip Yeo.

Stem cell biology has gained tremendous interest in the recent years, driven by the hope of finding cures for several diseases through transplantation medicine. Various types of stem cells have been identified from preimplantation embryos, the fetus, placenta and adult.

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Other Authors: Bongso, Ariff, Lee, Eng Hin, 1947-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ ; London : World Scientific, ©2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Contributors; Foreword Sydney Brenner; Foreword Philip Yeo; Chapter 1 Stem Cells: Their Definition, Classification and Sources Ariff Bongso and Eng Hin Lee; Chapter 2 From Human Embryos to Clinically Compliant Embryonic Stem Cells: Blastocyst Culture, Xeno-free Derivation and Cryopreservation, Properties and Applications of Embryonic Stem Cells Ariff Bong; Chapter 3 Characterization of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Maryam M Matin, Ahmad Bahrami, Duncan Liew and Peter W. Andrews; Chapter 4 Stem Cells and Their Developmental Potential Martin F. Pera and Mirella Dottori.
  • Chapter 5 Transcriptome Profiling of Embryonic Stem Cells Mahendra Rao and Bing LimChapter 6 Culture, Subcloning, Spontaneous and Controlled Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Michal Amit, Sharon Gerecht-Nir and Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor; Chapter 7 Differentiation In Vivo and In Vitro of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Barak Blum and Nissim Benvenisty; Chapter 8 Feeder-free Culture of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Scott A.