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Table of Contents:
Preface
Short Communication
Therapeutic Potential of the Newly Characterized Human Blood-Derived Stem Cell in Type 1 Diabetes; pp. 1-11
(Yong Zhao, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Dept. of Medicine, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, Lijun Yang, Dept. of Pathology, Immunology, & Laboratory Medicine, Univ. of Florida, College of Medicine)
Research and Review Studies
Chapter I - A Review of Corneal Epithelial Stem Cell Therapy;
pp. 13-56
(David Hui-Kang Ma, Arvin Chi-Chin Sun, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan, Jui-Yang Lai, Institute of Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taiwan)
Chapter II - Stem Cell Applications in Disease Research: Recent Advances on Stem Cell and Cancer Stem Cell Biology and their Therapeutic Implications; pp. 57-98
(Murielle Mimeault, Surinder K. Batra, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Eppley Institute of Cancer and Allied Diseases, Univ. NebraskaMedical Center, Omaha, NE)
Chapter III - Stem Cell Applications in Diabetes; pp. 99-121
(Hirofumi Noguchi, Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, USA, Institute of Biomedical Studies, Baylor University, USA)
Chapter IV - Radial Glia in the Repair of Central Nervous System Injury; pp. 123-151
(Kulbatski I., Tator C.H., Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto and Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network, Canada)
Chapter V - Towards Image-Guided Stem Cell Therapy; pp. 153-180
(Kimberly J. Blackwood, Eric Sabondjian, Donna E Goldhawk, Lawson Health Research Institute, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, St Joseph’s Health Care, London, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, Canada)
Chapter VI - Human Post-Natal Stem Cells in Organs Produced by Tissue Engineering for Clinical Applications; pp. 181-208
(Lucie Germain, Danielle Larouche, Francois A. Auger, Julie Fradette, LOEX Laboratory, Centre de Recherche, Hopital du Saint-Sacrement du Chauq, Quebec, Dept. de Chirurgie, d'Oto-rhino-laryngologie et ophtalmologie, Univ. Laval, Quebec, Canada)
Chapter VII - Cell Differentiation: Therapeutical Challenges in Diabetes; pp. 209-233
(Enrique Roche, Nestor Vicente-Salar, Maribel Arribas, Instituto de Bioingenieria, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Spain)
Chapter VIII - Stem Cells in Kidney Diseases”; pp. 235-256
(Soler María José, Nephrology Department, Hospital del Mar, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, Ortiz-Perez José Tomas, Cardiology Department, Hospital Clínic i Provincial, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
Chapter IX - Role of Surviving in Adult Stem Cells and Cancer;
pp. 257-270
(Seiji Fukuda, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Walther Oncology Center, Indiana Univ. School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, Dept. of Pediatrics, Shimane Univ. Faculty of Medicine, Shimane, Japan, Louis M. Pelus, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Walther Oncology Center, Indiana Univ. School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN)
Chapter X - Cancer Stem Cells; pp. 271-284
(Saranya Chumsri, Stewart and Marlene Greenebaum Cancer Center, Angelika M. Burger, Stewart and Marlene Greenebaum Cancer Center, Dept. of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Univ. of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD)
Chapter XI - Recent Advancements towards the Derivation of Immune-Compatible Patient-Specific Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines;
pp. 285-296
(Micha Drukker, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford, CA)
Chapter XII - Oxidative Damage in Age-Related Neurodegenerative Diseases and Interventions; pp. 297-308
(H. Fai Poon, Sara C Doore, Roskamp Institute, Sarasota, FL)
Chapter XIII - The Activation of Adult Endogenous Neural Stem Cells by Neurodegenerative Process within the Striatum in an Animal Model of Huntington's Disease; pp. 309-337
(Mazurova Yvona, Dept. of Histology and Embryology, Rudolf Emil, Dept. of Medical Biology and Genetics, Charles Univ. in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Guncova Ivana, Dept. of Histology and Embryology, Latr Ivan, Neurosurgery Clinic, Faculty Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)
Chapter XIV - Corneal Epithelial stem cells, a biological and clinical approach; pp. 339-355
(Maria Notara, Julie T. Daniels, Cells for Sight Transplantation and Research Programme, Ocular Repair and Regeneration Biology Unit, Institute of Ophthalmology, UK)
Chapter XV - Immunological Responses of CD34+ Stem Cells to Bacterial Products; pp. 357-382
(Jung Mogg Kim, Dept. of Microbiology, Hanyang Univ. College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea)
Chapter XVI - Endothelial Progenitor Cells: From Bench to Bedside; pp. 383-403
(Jeremy Ben-Shoshan & Jacob George, The Dept. of Cardiology and the Cardiovascular Research Center, Tel Aviv, Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel)
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