Advances in Stem Cell Research discusses recent advances in stem cell science, including therapeutic applications. This volume covers such topics as biomanufacturing iPS cells for therapeutic applications, techniques for controlling stem cell fate decisions, as well as current basic research in such areas as germ line stem cells, genomics and proteomics in stem cell research. It is a useful book for biology and clinical scientists, especially young investigators and stem cell biology students who are newly entering the world of stem cells research. The editors hope that the new knowledge and research outlined in this book will help contribute to new therapies for a wide variety of diseases that presently afflict humanity.

Comprehensive in scope

Embryonic Stem Cell Lines from Tetraploid Mouse Blastocysts.- The Significance of Culture Adaptation of Embryonic Stem Cells for Regenerative Medicine.- Biomanufacturing Human Pluripotent Stem Cells for Therapeutic Applications.- Human Embryonic Stem Cell-derived Hepatocytes.- Advances in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Biology.- Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: New Applications for Metabolic Liver Diseases.- Vascular Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells.- Mechanism of MicroRNA-mediated Global DNA Demethylation in Human iPS Cells.- Microtechnological Approaches in Stem Cell Science.- Application of Micro/Nanotechnology to Stem Cell Research and Technology.- Spermatogonial Stem Cells.- Cellular Reprogramming and Fate Conversion.- Omics in Stem Cell Therapy: The Road Ahead.- Microglia: The Bodyguard and the Hunter of the Adult Neurogenic Niche.- Immunosuppressive Properties of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells.- Cellular Therapy for Hematology Malignancies: Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Transplantation, Graft Versus Host Disease and Graft Versus Leukemia Effects.- Cardiac Versus Non-cardiac Stem Cells to Repair the Heart: The Role of Autocrine/Paracrine Signals.- Adult Neurogenesis in Alzheimer's Disease and Therapies.