Stem cell applications in diseases / Mikkel L. Sorensen, editor. — New York : Nova Biomedical Books, c2008. – (58.22/S824c)

Contents

        Contents
    
    Preface
    Expert Commentaries
    Commentary A: Stem Cell Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease
    Commentary B: Adult Neurogenesis and Depression: A Novel Theory for Depression?
    Short Communications
    Communication A: Recent Progress of Radiation Research: Cancer Stem Cells and ncRNAs
    Communication B: Recruitment of Transplanted Dermal Multipotent Cells to the Injured Sites of Rats with Combined Radiation and Wound Injury by SDF-1/CXCR4 Interaction
    Communication C: Neural Cell Differentiation from Embryonic Stem Cell by the Neural Stem Sphere Method
    Research and Review Articles
    Chapter I Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Vascular Therapy
    Chapter II Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Bone Diseases: State of the Art and Future Prospects
    Chapter III Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Key Characteristics and Main Applications in Disease Research
    Chapter IV Establishment of Individual-Specific ES Cells from Adult Somatic Cells by Nuclear Transfer
    Chapter V Mesenchymal Stem Cell Based Therapy in Liver Disease
    Chapter VI Ocular Limbal Stem Cell Biology and Transplantation
    Chapter VII Paracrine， Autocrine and Intracrine Patterning for Cardiovascular Repair with Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Role of New Chemistry for Regenerative Medicine
    Chapter VIII Yin and Yang of Adult Stem Cells: Cure-All for Therapy or Roots for Cancer?
    Index