Gene and Cell Therapy: Biology and Applications

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Jayandharan, Giridhara R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Gene therapy.; Stem cells.; Regenerative medicine.; Tissue engineering.; Biomedical engineering.; Medical genetics.; Gene Therapy.; Stem Cells.; Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering.; Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology.; Gene Function.

Recent advances in stem cell biology, nanotechnology and gene therapy have opened new avenues for therapeutics. The availability of molecular therapeutics that rely on the delivery of DNA, RNA or proteins, harnessing enhanced delivery with nanoparticles, and the regenerative potential of stem cells...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1. Retroviral vectors in gene therapy
• Chapter 2. Adeno-associated virus vectors in gene therapy
• Chapter 3. Nanoparticle-mediated gene delivery
• Chapter 4. Viral/non-viral based hybrid vectors for gene therapy
• Chapter 5. Pharmaco-gene therapy: an alternate perspective
• Chapter 6. Aptamers - Novel molecules in therapeutics
• Chapter 7. Induced pluripotent stem cells
• Chapter 8. Hope or Hype: Stem cells as therapeutics in retinal degenerative diseases
• Chapter 9. Hematopoeitic stem cells: past, present and future.