Regenerative Medicine I Theories, Models and Methods /

Organ regeneration, once unknown in adult mammals, is at the threshold of maturity as a clinical method for restoration of organ function in humans. Several laboratories around the world are engaged in the development of new tools such as stem cells and biologically active scaffolds. Others are taki...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Yannas, Ioannis V. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
Series:Advances in Biochemical Engineering, 93
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • 1. I.V. Yannas: Facts and Theories of Induced Organ Regeneration
  • 2. A.L. Mescher, A.W. Neff: Regenerative Capacity and the Developing Immune System
  • 3. M.K. Call, P.A. Tsonis: Vertebrate Limb Regeneration
  • 4. A.S. Colwell, M.T. Longaker, H.P. Lorenz: Mammalian Fetal Organ Regeneration
  • 5. G.K. Michalopoulos, M.DeFrances: Liver Regeneration
  • 6. D.L. Stocum: Stem Cells in CNS and Cardiac Regeneration
  • 7. D.P. Orgill, C.E. Butler: Island Grafts: a Model for Studying Skin Regeneration in Isolation from Other Processes.