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020 _a9780124115514
082 _bMum
_a616.02774
100 _aMummery, Christine (et...al)
245 _aStemcells : scientific facts and fiction
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aLondon:
_bAcademic Press,
_c2014
300 _axi;433p.;
_bpb
_c6x9
520 _aThe second edition of Stem Cells: Scientific Facts and Fiction provides the non-stem cell expert with an understandable review of the history, current state of affairs, and facts and fiction of the promises of stem cells. Building on success of its award-winning preceding edition, the second edition features new chapters on embryonic and iPS cells and stem cells in veterinary science and medicine. It contains major revisions on cancer stem cells to include new culture models, additional interviews with leaders in progenitor cells, engineered eye tissue, and xeno organs from stem cells, as well as new information on "organs on chips" and adult progenitor cells. In the past decades our understanding of stem cell biology has increased tremendously. Many types of stem cells have been discovered in tissues that everyone presumed were unable to regenerate in adults, the heart and the brain in particular. There is vast interest in stem cells from biologists and clinicians who see the potential for regenerative medicine and future treatments for chronic diseases like Parkinson's, diabetes, and spinal cord lesions, based on the use of stem cells; and from entrepreneurs in biotechnology who expect new commercial applications ranging from drug discovery to transplantation therapies. * Explains in straightforward, non-specialist language the basic biology of stem cells and their applications in modern medicine and future therapy* Includes extensive coverage of adult and embryonic stem cells both historically and in contemporary practice* Richly illustrated to assist in understanding how research is done and the current hurdles to clinical practice.
650 _aStem cells - research
650 _aCell differentiation
650 _aEmbryonic stem cells
700 _aStolpe, Anja Van De (ed)
700 _aRoelen, Bernard A. J. (ed)
700 _aCevers, Hans (ed)
942 _cBK