Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine : Volume II: Embryonic and Adult Stem Cells.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taupin, Phillippe
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hauppauge : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, May 2008.
Series:Stem cells and regenerative medicine ; v. 2
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Table of Contents:
  • STEM CELLS AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, VOLUME II: EMBRYONIC AND ADULT STEM CELLS; STEM CELLS AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, VOLUME II: EMBRYONIC AND ADULT STEM CELLS; Contents ; Introduction ; References ; Derivation of Embryonic Stem Cells for Cellular Therapy: Challenges and New Strategies ; Abstract; 1. Introduction ; 2. From ES Cells to Therapy: The Challenges Ahead ; 3. Overcoming the Ethical and Political Challenges: Alternative Protocols to Derive ES Cells ; 4. Conclusion; Acknowledgments ; References ; Neural Progenitor and Stem Cells in the Adult Central Nervous System ; Abstract.
  • 1. Introduction 2. Neurogenesis Occurs in the Adult Mammalian Brain; 3. Neural Stem and Progenitor Cells Reside in the Adult CNS ; 4. Origin of Newly Generated Neuronal Cells in the Adult Brain ; 5. Neurogenesis and CNS Pathophysiology ; 6. Cellular Therapy ; 7. Conclusion; Acknowledgments ; References; Adult Neural Stem Cells, Neurogenic Niches and Cellular Therapy; Abstract ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Adult Neurogenesis and NSCs; 3. Neurogenic Niches; 4. Broader Potential of Adult Stem Cells ; 5. Cellular Therapy ; 6. Conclusion; Acknowledgments ; References.
  • Adult Neural Stem Cells and Their Niches: Developmental and Therapeutic Implications Abstract ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Neurogenic Niches Exist in the Adult CNS ; 3. Neurogenic Niches of the Adult Brain; 4. Developmental Potential of Adult Stem Cells; 5. Therapeutic Implications ; 6. Conclusion ; Acknowledgments ; References; Potential of Adult Neural Stem Cells for Cellular Therapy; Abstract ; 1. Introduction; 2. Stimulation of Endogenous Neural Progenitor and Stem Cells ; 3. Transplantation of Adult-Derived Neural Progenitor and Stem Cells ; 4. Conclusion ; Acknowledgments ; References.
  • Autologous Transplantation in the Central Nervous SystemAbstract ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Lineage Fated Cells; 3. Stem cells ; 4. Conclusion ; Acknowledgments ; References ; Neural Stem Cell-Based Cancer Therapy and Brain Tumor Stem Cells; Abstract ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Neural Stem Cell-Based Cancer Therapy ; 3. Brain Tumor Stem Cells ; 4. Conclusion ; Acknowledgments ; References ; Genetically Modified Stem Cells for Cellular Therapy ; Abstract ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Genetic Engineering to Derive ESCs without the Destruction of Blastocysts ; 3. Genetically Modifying Adult-Derived NSCs.
  • 4. Conclusion Acknowledgments ; References ; Index.