Beschreibung:
The 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.
1. Biology of the cell 2. Embryonic development 3. Of mice and men: History of stem cells 4. What are stem cells? 5. Origin of stem cells 6. Types of stem cells 7. Cloning: History and current applications 8. Clinical applications of stem cells 9. Cancer stem cells 10. Applications for drugs and toxicity screening 11. Venturing in stem cells (law and intellectual property) 12. Future prospects