Stem Cell: Basics and Applications

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This book is a timely and scholarly update in the area of stem cells and regenerative medicine. Stem cells has been in news for quite sometime now for its contribution in treating some of the debilitating diseases which have no medicine or drugs to cure, till date, like Cancer, leukemia, lymphoma or various blood or autoimmune disorders, advanced kidney cancer, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal cord injury, burns, heart disease, diabetes, and arthritis etc.

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Dr. Kaushik D. Deb (Bangalore, India) is group leader and senior principal scientist, Human Embryonic Stem Cells Program, Stempeutics Research Pvt. Ltd. and Manipal Institute of Regenerative Medicine. Dr. Satish Totey (Bangalore, India) is among a select number of researchers who pioneered the isolation and characterization of pluripotent stem cells from human embryo. Table of Contents PART-I: STEM CELL FROM VARIOUS SPECIES 1: Introduction: Stem cells and regenerative medicine – the evolving story 2: Zebrafish Stem Cells 3: Medaka Stem Cells 4: Chicken embryonic stem cells (cESC) as another non-mammalian embryonic stem cell type PART-II: EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS 5: Derivation, culture and genetic modification of mouse embryonic stem cells 6: Derivation of human embryonic stem cells from blastocysts 7: Developing a Serum-free Platform and a Novel Reporter System for hESCs 8: Epigenetics and embryonic stem cells 9: Embryonic stem cells as a therapy for diabetes 10: Manipulation of biomaterial interface by biomimetic strategies: Possibilities of exploring stem cells 11: Immunomodulatory aspects of human embryonic and adult stem cells. 12: Human Embryonic Stem Cells as a Model System to Study Human Genetics 13: Germ cells and artificial gametes production from embryonic stem cells 14: Using embryonic stem cells to introduce mutations into the mouse germ line: animal models and future applications 15: Application of human embryonic stem cells in drug discovery: A boon to pharmaceutical industries Part III: Adult Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering 16: Recent advancements on tissue-resident adult Stem / progenitor cell biology and their therapeutic applications in regenerative medicine and cancer therapies 17: Mesenchymal stem cells and their therapeutic potential in the nervous system 18: Mesenchymal stem cells: biology, culture optimization and potential clinical use 19: Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Culture, Characterization and Therapeutic Applications in Neurodegenerative Diseases 20: Dental pulp stem cells and perspectives of future application in cell therapy 21: Hematopoietic stem cells and their dynamics 22: Spermatogonial Stem Cells 23: Epigenetics as a Cause for the Eloquent Silence of Stem Cells 24: Cancer stem cells: the enemy within cancers 25: Exploring the potential of adult stem cells: why umbilical cord blood? 26: Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering Strategies in Regenerative Medicine 27: Biomaterials for enhancing corneas and spinal cord regeneration