Stem Cell Research Advancements

Preface; Foreword: A Compendium on Latest Developments in Stem Cell Research & Cell Therapy Applications; Adult Stem Cells: A Clinical Update; Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer: Pros & Cons; Functional & Molecular Characterization of SP Cell Population Isolated from Mouse Primary Myoblast Culture; An Artificial Niche for Expansion of Long-Term Engraftable Hematopoietic Cells; Stem Cell Research in Europe in 2002-2007: The Change of the Legislation, Ethical Debate, Funding & the Public Opinion; Neural Progenitors Promote Axon Growth In Vitro & Ex Vivo but Not Following Injury; Global Characterization & Genomic Stability of Human MultiStem, A Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cell; Haematopoietic & Stromal Stem Cell Regulation by Extracellular Matrix Components & Growth Factors; Stem Cell Research & Policy in India: Current Scenario & Future Perspective; Stem Cell Divisions Controlled by the Proto-Oncogene BMI-1; Key Players in the Gene Networks Guiding ESCs toward Mesoderm; Kinetic Impairment of Haemopoietic Stem Cells in Experimentally Induced Leukemia & Aplastic Anemia: An Inverse Correlation; Hyaluronan Stimulates Mobilization of Mature Hematopoietic Cells but Not Hematopoietic Progenitors.