Title:
Stem cell engineering : principles and applications
Publication Information:
Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, c2011
Physical Description:
xli, 547 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9783642118647
9783642118654
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Summary
Summary
The potential of stem cells for healing and disease prevention in all fields of medicine is tremendous and has revolutionized the high-tech biomedical research. In this book, many of the most prominent researchers discuss the challenging topics of stem cell engineering, for example:Ethical issues of stem cell research; technological challenges, stem cell growth and differentiation, therapeutic applications, bioreactors and bioprocesses, high throughput and microfluidic screening platforms, stem cell identification and sorting, intercellular signaling and engineered niches, novel approaches for embryonic and adult stem cell growth and differentiation, stem cells and drug discovery, screening platforms.Stem Cell Engineering offers valuable background and reference for both the public and professionals including industrial staffers, faculty, researchers, engineers, students and scientific journalists.
Table of Contents
| Part I Instead of an Introduction - The Emperor's New Legs | |
| The Emperor's New Body: Seeking for a Blueprint of Limb Regeneration in Humans | p. 3 |
| Part II Basics and Basic Research | |
| Engineering the Stem Cell Niche and the Differentiative Micro- and Macroenvironment: Technologies and Tools for Applying Biochemical, Physical and Structural Stimuli and Their Effects on Stem Cells | p. 41 |
| Differentiation Potential of Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells | p. 61 |
| The Potential of Selectively Cultured Adult Stem Cells Re-implanted in Tissues | p. 79 |
| Enhanced Cardiac Differentiation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells by Electrical Stimulation | p. 119 |
| The Therapeutic Potential of ES-Derived Haematopoietic Cells | p. 143 |
| Genetic Modification of Human Embryonic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: Viral and Non-viral Approaches | p. 159 |
| The Immune Barriers of Cell Therapy with Allogenic Stem Cells of Embryonic Origin | p. 181 |
| Reponses of Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Varying Oxygen Availability In Vitro and In Vivo | p. 199 |
| Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Nitric Oxide: Matching Partners in Biomedicine | p. 213 |
| Skeletal Stem Cells and Controlled Nanotopography | p. 247 |
| Part III Clinical Applications | |
| Cells and Vascular Tissue Engineering | p. 261 |
| Endothelial Progenitor Cells for Vascular Repair | p. 297 |
| Regenerating Tubules for Kidney Repair | p. 321 |
| Stem Cells in Tissue Engineering and Cell Therapies of Urological Defects | p. 345 |
| Bio-synthetic Encapsulation Systems for Organ Engineering: Focus on Diabetes | p. 363 |
| Stem Cell Engineering for Regeneration of Bone Tissue | p. 383 |
| Part IV Techniques and Applications | |
| Building, Preserving, and Applying Extracellular Culture Integrity Using New Cell Culture Methods and Surfaces | p. 403 |
| Fabrication of Modified Extracellular Matrix for the Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapeutics | p. 417 |
| Neural Stem Cells: From Cell Fate and Metabolic Monitoring Toward Clinical Applications | p. 435 |
| Adult Stem Cells in Drug Discovery | p. 457 |
| Embryonic Stem Cells as a Tool for Drug Screening and Toxicity Testing | p. 473 |
| Embryonic Stem Cells: A Biological Tool to Translate the Mechanisms of Heart Development | p. 501 |
| Index | p. 521 |
