Stem Cells From Hydra to Man /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bosch, Thomas C. G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Cell biology.; Developmental biology.; Evolutionary biology.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Developmental Biology.; Evolutionary Biology.

Much of our knowledge of stem cells has been inferred from studies of remarkable few species. The ability to manipulate stem cells in “model” organisms such as the mouse and a few other vertebrate species has driven our understanding of basic biology of stem cells. The power and efficiency of studyi...

Table of Contents:

• Plant Stem Cells: Divide et Impera
• Stem Cell System of Sponge
• Stem Cells in Immortal Hydra
• Stem Cells in Planarian
• The Stem Cell System of the Basal Flatworm Macrostomum lignano
• Regeneration and Stem Cells in Ascidians
• In Vitro Control of Organogenesis by ActivinA Treatment of Amphibian and Mouse Stem Cells
• Melanocyte Stem Cells: As an Excellent Model to Study Stem Cell Biology
• In Vitro hESC Technology: State of the Art and Future Perspectives
• Tumor Stem Cells: How to Define Them and How to Find Them?.