The Promises and Challenges of Regenerative Medicine

With the excitement in the research and clinical communities over the potential of regenerative medicine, it is hoped that novel therapies will be developed to target intractable degenerative diseases. In this book, leading experts in the field present the latest advances in stem cell research. It discusses the analysis and use of stem cells in basic biology but also their application in clinical practice and is therefore unique by combining basic and applied approaches.

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The attitude to the possibility of regeneration in mammals has changed in recent years to one of cautious optimism that the endogenous mechanisms can be exploited for the medical armentarium. In this volume leading experts discuss the molecular, in vivo and clinical aspects of the use of stem cells in various disease contexts. With the current excitement in the research and clinical communities over the potential of regenerative medicine it is hoped that novel therapies will emerge that target intractable degenerative diseases. The book contains accounts of the latest advances in stem cell biology from the foremost researchers in the field. It discusses the analysis and use of stem cells in basic biology but also their application in clinical practice and is therefore unique in combining basic and applied approaches.