Stem Cell, Regenerative Medicine & Cancer

Preface; Epigenetic modifications in reprogramming & lineage specifications from embryonic stem cells: current trends & relevance in developing regenerative medicine.; Regenerative medicine: lessons from planarians; Mesenchymal stem cells in tissue regeneration & organogenesis using porcine model ; Retinal stem cells, signaling & regeneration; A pathophysiological view of the neural stem cell niche; Adult stem & trans-amplifying cells in repair through granulation tissue: role of the pericytic vasculature niche; Stem cells in tooth development & regeneration; Role of Stem cells in lung injury; Gene modification & stem cell transplantation for regenerating the mammalian inner ear: A new approach in the treatment of sensorineural hearing loss; Putative stem cells in mucosas of the esophago-gastrointestinal tract; Stem & progenitor cells in muscle regeneration & potential treatment; Stem cells in kidney regeneration & cancer; Stem cell treatment for complicated diabetes; Deterioration of hematopoietic stem cells with aging; MicroRNAs in skin morphogenesis & diseases; Effect of cellular microenvironment & paracrine signals on chondrogenic differentiation of mesenchymal progenitor cells; Hypoxia-inducible factor, osteogenesis & chondrogenesis; Nanotechnology in the stem cells research & development: imaging & therapies for injuries & degenerative diseases; Cancer stem cells: light & shadows; Stem Cells in Head & Neck cancer: a key to the future?; Stem Cell & Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Tumorigenesis; Mammary epithelial & breast cancer stem cells; Stem cells & breast cancer; Notch signaling in cancer, stem cells & cancer stem cells; Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, stem cells, & cancer progression; Cancer stem cells in prostate adenocarcinoma; Heat shock proteins in normal & cancer stem cell biology: implications for regenerative & chemotherapeutic medicine; Human embryonic stem cell platforms in drug screening & predictive toxicology; Index.