Progress in stem cell research / Prasad S. Koka, editor. — New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2008. – (58.22/P964)

Contents

        Contents
    
    Preface
    Foreword: Stem Cells
    Chapter 1 Megakaryocytopoiesis: From Marrow Stem Cells to Circulating Platelets
    Chapter 2 A Novel Serum-Free Culture System for the Analysis of Human Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells
    Chapter 3 Potential of Bone Marrow Stromal Stem Cells to Repair Bone Defects and Fractures
    Chapter 4 Adult Neural Stem Cells and Cellular Therapy
    Chapter 5 The Cardiogenic Potential of Mouse and Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Cognitive Research to Envision the Therapeutic Use of the Cells
    Chapter 6 Hemopoietic Stem Cells and Autoimmunity: Impaired Mechanisms of Thymic Selection or Genetic Predisposition?
    Chapter 7 Control of Tissue Regeneration through Oxygen Concentrations
    Chapter 8 Control of Thymocyte Proliferation and Thymus Organ Size by CDK Inhibitors pl 8INK4c and p27K1PI
    Chapter 9 Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes: Therapeutic Potentials and Limitations
    Chapter 10 Stem Cells in Aging: Influence of Ontogenic， Genetic and Environmental Factors
    Chapter 11 Stem Cells in Aging: Contribution of the Immune System