Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Volume II: Embryonic and Adult Stem Cells

by Philippe Taupin

Overview

The subject of this book is stem cell research and regenerative medicine. Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that have the ability to differentiate into different lineages of the body. Stem cells carry tremendous potential for the treatment of a broad range of disease and injuries. Stem cells exist in embryonic, fetal, and adult tissues, including the adult central nervous system. This book aims at, in depth, the recent developments in stem cell research and regenerative medicine. Though this book encompasses all the fields of stem cell research and regenerative medicine, it emphasizes adult neurogenesis and neural stem cell research and therapy within the context of pharmacology and therapy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781604564747
Publisher:	Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/01/2008
Pages:	133
Product dimensions:	7.10(w) x 10.30(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

Preface vii Introduction 1 Chapter I Neurogenesis and Alzheimer's Disease 5 Chapter II Neurogenesis and the Effect of Antidepressants 11 Chapter III Adult Neural Stem Cells and Cellular Therapy 19 Chapter IV Stem Cells Engineering for Cell-Based Therapy 33 Chapter V HuCNS-SC Stem Cells 43 Chapter VI Oti-010 Osiris Therapeutics/JCR Pharmaceuticals 59 Chapter VII ADA-Transduced Hematopoietic Stem Cell Therapy for ADA-SCID 77 Chapter VIII Therapeutic Potential of Adult Neural Stem Cells 93 Conclusion and Perspectives: Adult Neural Stem Cells - The Promise of the Future 105 Index 121