Stem Cells: From Basic Research to Therapy, Volume Two

Federico Calegari, Claudia Waskow

PART I – Tissue Homeostasis and Regeneration During Adulthood. Dynamics and Aging of Hematopoietic Stem cells. Cellular and Functional Aspects of Adult Neurogenesis. Mechanisms of Wound Repair. Two Faces of Adult Blood Vessel Formation: Vasculogenesis and Angiogenesis. Cancer Stem Cells: Lessons from AML. Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells. PART II – Applications in Basic Research, Medicine, and Industry. Visualization of Neural Stem Cells for the Investigation of Neural Development and Development of Stem Cell Therapies. Biomaterials to Direct Stem Cell Fate. Stem Cell Applications for Pancreas Function. Pluripotent Stem Cells from Livestock. Stem Cell Markers. PART III – Legislation and Ethics. Towards a Europe standard for human embryonic stem cell research. Democracies of Stemness: Stem Cell Technologies from Generation to Regeneration.