Stem Cells Handbook

Introduction to Stem Cells.- Contemporary Ethical Issues in Stem Cell Research.- Stem Cells from Early Mammalian Embryos.- Quantitative Approaches to Model Pluripotency and Differentiation in Stem Cells.- Growth Dynamics of Fetal Human Neural Stem Cells.- Immunobiology of Embryonic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Transplantation.- Urodele Limb Regeneration: Mechanisms of Blastema Formation and Growth.- Mechanism of miR302-Mediated iPS Cell Generation.- Bioreactor Expansion of Pluripotent Stem Cells.- Generation of Hepatocyte-like Cells from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells.- Neural Differentiation from Pluripotent Stem Cells.- Generation of Anterior Foregut Derivatives from Pluripotent Stem Cells.- Commercial Opportunities for Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells.- Spermatogonial Stem Cells in Adult Mice and Men.- Characterization of the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Niche: Cellular and Molecular Analysis.- Glandular Stem Cells (GSCs): Stem Cells in Glandular Organs.- Human Mammary Epithelial Stem/Progenitor Cells.- Mammary Epithelial Stem Cells.- Gastric Stem Cell Biology: Proliferation Kinetics, Differentiation Hierarchies and Role in Carcinogenesis.- Progenitors of Islet Cells.- Stem Cell Populations Giving Rise to Liver, Biliary Tree and Pancreas.- Liver Regeneration in Health and Disease.- Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, Embryonic Stem Cells and their Cardiomyocyte Derivatives: An Overview.- Potential of Glial Cells.- Stem Cells and Aging.- Translating Stem Cell Discoveries.- Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation: From Tissue Regeneration to Immune Modulation.- Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering in Burns and Wounds.- Derivation of Retinal Pigmented Epithelial Cells for the Treatment of Ocular Disease.- Stem Cells and Diabetes.- Cancer is a Problem of Developmental Biology: Maturation Arrest and the Hierarchical Model of the Origin of Cancer from Stem Cells.- Targeting the Stem Cell Plasticity of Tumor Cells.- Molecular Evolution of Leukemia Stem Cells.- Rodent Modelsfor Assessing the Role of Stem Cells in Liver Development, Regeneration and Carcinogenesis.- Breast Cancer Stem Cells: From Theory to Therapy.- Nephroblastoma/Wilms Tumor: A Corrupted Cap Stem Cell Caricature.