Biobanking and Cryopreservation of Stem Cells

Feridoun Karimi-Busheri Department of Oncology University of Alberta Edmonton, AB, Canada Michael Weinfeld Department of Oncology University of Alberta and Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton, AB, Canada

Pertinent Issues in Cryopreservation of Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells: Protecting Biological Integrity, Feridoun Karimi-Busheri, Aghdass Rasouli-Nia, and Michael Weinfeld.- Cryopreservation: Evolution of Molecular Based Strategies, John M. Baust, William Corwin, Kristi K. Snyder, Robert Van Buskirk, and John G. Baust.- Fundamental Principles of Stem Cell Banking, Changbin Sun, Jianhui Yue, Na He,Yaqiong Liu, Xi Zhang, and Yong Zhang.- Biobanking: An Important Resource for Precision Medicine in Glioblastoma, Si Yan Melanie Tan, Edwin Sandanaraj, Carol Tang, and Beng Ti Christopher Ang.- Slow Cooling Cryopreservation Optimized to Human Pluripotent Stem Cells, Takamichi Miyazaki and Hirofumi Suemori.- Cryopreservation in Closed Bag Systems as an Alternative to Clean Rooms for Preparations of Peripheral Blood Stem Cells, Silvia Spoerl, Robert Peter, and Angela M Krackhardt.- Cryopreserved or Fresh Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: Only a Matter of Taste or Key to Unleash the Full Clinical Potential of MSC Therapy?, Guido Moll, Sven Geißler, Rusan Catar, Lech Ignatowicz , Martin J. Hoogduijn, Dirk Strunk, Karen Bieback, and Olle Ringdén.- Biobanking of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Future Strategy to Facilitate Clinical Applications, Kar Wey Yong, Jane Ru Choi, and Wan Kamarul Zaman Wan Safwani.- Menstrual Blood-derived Stem Cells: In Vitro and In Vivo Characterization of Functional Effects, Maria Carolina Oliveira Rodrigues, Trenton Lippert, Hung Nguyen, Sussannah Kaelber, Paul R. Sanberg, and Cesar V. Borlongan.- Cryopreservation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Cardiomyocytes: Strategies, Challenges, and Future Directions, Marcela K. Preininger, Monalisa Singh, and Chunhui Xu.- Cryopreserved Adipose Tissue-derived Stromal/Stem Cells: Potential for Applications in Clinic and Therapy, Fabiana Zanata, Shahensha Shaik, Ram V. Devireddy, Xiying Wu, Lydia Masako Ferreira, and Jeffrey M. Gimble.- Banking of Adipose- and Cord Tissue-Derived Stem Cells: Technical and Regulatory Issues, David T Harris.- Mature Oocyte Cryopreservation for Fertility Preservation, Tina Liang and Tarek Motan.- Stem Cell Banking and Its Impact on Cardiac Regenerative Medicine, Silvana Bardelli and Marco Moccetti.- Preservation of Ocular Epithelial Limbal Stem Cells: The New Frontier in Regenerative Medicine, Zala Luznik, Marina Bertolin, Claudia Breda, Barbara Ferrari, Vanessa Barbaro, Petra Schollmayer, and Stefano Ferrari.- Cryopreservation of Hair-Follicle Associated Pluripotent (HAP) Stem Cells Maintains Differentiation and Hair-Growth Potential, Robert M. Hoffman, Satoshi Kajiura, Wenluo Cao, Fang Liu, and Yasuyuki Amoh.- Cryopreservation and Banking of Dental Stem Cells, Petra Hilkens, Ronald Driesen, Esther Wolfs, Pascal Gervois, Time Vangansewinkel, Jessica Ratajczak, Yörg Dillen, Annelies Bronckaers, and Ivo Lambrichts.- Index