Stem Cells in Reproduction and in the Brain

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Morser, J. (Editor), Nishikawa, S. -I (Editor), Schöler, H. R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Ernst Schering Research Foundation Workshop, 60
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Reproductive medicine.; Cell biology.; Biomedicine.; Reproductive Medicine.; Cell Biology.
• Physical Description: XIV, 249 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540314370
• ISSN: 0947-6075 ;

Recently, expectations of the potential of regenerative medicine have risen because of the exciting results obtained in various areas of research. This book contains contributions from leading researchers in the field who describe their successes and the problems that remain in converting the hopes into concrete therapies. The focus of the book is on the role of stem cells in two main areas -- reproduction and the brain -- described from molecular, cellular, in vivo and clinical perspectives.