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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bongso, Ariff.

Lee, Eng Hin, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stem cells.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (586 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ ; London : World Scientific, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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. Noggle, Noboru Sato and Ali H. Brivanlou; Chapter 9 Epigenesis in Pluripotent Cells Lisa M. Hoffman, Jennifer Batten and Melissa K. Carpenter

Chapter 10 Stem Cells and Translational Medicine Ethics, Law, and Policy Justine BurleyChapter 11 Therapeutic Cloning: Derivation and Propagation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells by Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Woo Suk Hwang, Byeong Chun Lee, Sung Keun Kang, Shin Yong Moon and Jose B. Cib; Chapter 12 Hurdles to Improving the Efficiency of Therapeutic Cloning Christopher S. Navara, Calvin Simerly, Sang-Hwan Hyun, and Gerald Schatten; Chapter 13 Hematopoietic Stem Cells: Basic Science to Clinical Applications Daniel L. Kraft and Irving L.Weissman

Chapter 14 Hematopoietic Stem Cells for Leukemias and other Life Threatening Hematological Disorders Patrick TanChapter 15 Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells to Cardiomyocytes Chris Denning, Robert Passier and Christine Mummery; Chapter 16 Differentiation of Human Embryonic, Fetal and Adult Stem Cells to Islet Cells of the Pancreas Enrique Roche and Bernat Soria; Chapter 17 Progress in Islet Transplantation A.M. James Shapiro and Sulaiman Nanji; Chapter 18 Differentiating Human Stem Cells to Neurons Su-Chun Zhang

Chapter 19 Liver Stem Cells Malcolm R. Alison, Pamela Vig, Francesco Russo, Eunice Amofah and Stuart J. ForbesChapter 20 Stem Cells of the Eye Leonard P. K. Ang and Donald T. H. Tan; Chapter 21 Bone Repair and Adult Stem Cells Dietmar Werner Hutmacher and Suman Lal Chirammal Sugunan; Chapter 22 Stem Cells and Cartilage J.B. Richardson, J.T.K. Lim, J.H.P. Hui and E.H. Lee; Chapter 23 Ligament and Tendon Repair with Adult Stem Cells James Cho Hong Goh and Hong Wei Ouyang; Chapter 24 Germ Cell Differentiation from Embryonic Stem Cells Mark Richards and Ariff Bongso

Chapter 25 Stem Cell Therapies in Animal Models: Their Outcome and Possible Benefits in Humans F. Fandrich and M. Ruhnke

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611881047

9781281881045

128188104X

9789812569370

9812569375

OCLC:

614887105