The Promises and Challenges of Regenerative Medicine

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Morser, J. (Editor), Nishikawa, S. I. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Ernst Schering Research Foundation Workshop, 54
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Cardiology.; Neurology.; Cell biology.; Developmental biology.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Developmental Biology.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Melanocyte System for Studying Stem Cell Niche
• Establishment and Manipulation of Monkey and Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines for Biomedical Research
• Human Embryonic Stem Cell Derivation and Directed Differentiation
• In Search of the Elusive Epidermal Stem Cell
• Corneal Cells for Regeneration
• Polycomb Gene Product Bmi-1 Regulates Stem Cell Self-Renewal
• Directed Differentiation of Neural and Sensory Tissues from Embryonic Stem Cells In Vitro
• Stem Cell Biology for Vascular Regeneration.