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Title: |
Research Progress in Stem Cells |
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| Edited by: |
Tommaso J Greco, Mattio L Ferreri |
| ISBN10-13: |
1604567287 : 9781604567281 |
| Illustrations: |
tables, charts & b/w illus |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
180x260mm |
| Pages: |
175 |
| Weight: |
.552 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - December 2008 |
| List Price: |
150.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 1 |
| Subjects: |
Cellular biology (cytology) |
| This book presents the latest research in the field of stem cells from around the globe. Two broad categories of mammalian stem cells exist: embryonic stem cells, derived from blastocysts, and adult stem cells, which are found in adult tissues. In a developing embryo, stem cells are able to differentiate into all of the specialised embryonic tissues. In adult organisms, stem cells and progenitor cells act as a repair system for the body, replenishing specialised cells. As stem cells can be readily grown and transformed into specialised tissues such as muscles or nerves through cell culture, their use in medical therapies has been proposed. In particular, embryonic cell lines, autologous embryonic stem cells generated therapeutic cloning, and highly plastic adult stem cells from the umbilical cord blood or bone marrow are touted as promising candidates. Among the many applications of stem cell research are nervous system diseases, diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune diseases as well as Parkinson's disease, end-stage kidney disease, liver failure, cancer, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, and Alzheimer's disease. Stem cells are self-renewing, unspecialised cells that can give rise to multiple types all of specialised cells of the body. Stem cell research also involves complex ethical and legal considerations since they involve adult, foetal tissue and embryonic sources. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; Stem Cell Transplantation for Ph + Leukemias in the Imatinib and Post-Imatnib Eras; BCR-ABL in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Renewal and Chronic Myeloid Leukemia; Anti-Integrin Therapy for Hematological Malignancies and Solid Cancers; Perspectives in Adipose-Derived Stem Cells (ASC's) Research; Cell Origin of Tumours and the Persistence of Cancer Propagating Cells in Tumour Lesions; Ocular Limbal Stem Cell Biology and Transplantation; High-Dose Immunosuppression with Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Severe Refractory Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; Recent Advances in Immune Tolerence in Stem Cells; Stem Cells In Atherosclerosis; Index. |
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