Published November, 2011
By David S. Allan and Dirk Strunk
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
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Some of these cell types and various blood-derived cell lineages are involved in the repair of various types of tissue damage that span the spectrum of medical disorders.

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Published August, 2011
By Alison L. Allan
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Series: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
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Cancer Stem Cells in Solid Tumors represents a detailed overview of cancer stem cells and their role in solid cancers. Comprised of 24 chapters, this volume provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of this important and evolving field.

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Published April, 2011
By Ira S. Cohen and Glenn R. Gaudette
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
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Here, an array of talented researchers covers our current state of knowledge in this exciting field. Four sections cover applications of stem cell techniques to mechanical regeneration, electrical regeneration, cardiac tissues and in vivo stem cell therapies.

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Published December, 2010
By Kyle E. Orwig and Brian P. Hermann
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Series: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
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Scientists investigating germ cells have, over the past 15 years, originated discoveries and innovations that give us valuable insights into the mechanisms that regulate not just stem cell function, but human development in its widest sense.

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Published November, 2010
By Krishnarao Appasani and Raghu K. Appasani
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
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Major contributions in this young century in the fields of molecular biology, biochemistry and genomics were integrated with both embryology and developmental biology to provide an understanding of the molecular portrait of a "development cell." That new integrated approach is known as stem-cell biology;

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Published August, 2010
By Mauricio Rojas
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Series: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
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In this state-of-the-art exploration of a hugely dynamic and fast-evolving field of research, leading researchers share their collective wisdom on the role that stem cells could play in the context of physiological stress and lung injury.

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Published December, 2009
By Motonari Kondo
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Series: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
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In the summer of 1988, my developmental biology professor announced to the class that hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) had finally been purified.

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Published December, 2009
By Shimon Efrat
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Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetes, one of the latest installments of the Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine series, reviews the three main approaches for generation of sufficient numbers of insulin-producing cells for restoration of an adequate beta-cell mass: beta-cell expansion, stem-cell differentiation, and nuclear reprogramming.

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Published August, 2009
By Dov Zipori
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Series: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
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Biology of Stem Cells and the Molecular Basis of the Stem State concentrates upon adult stem cells, particularly on mesenchymal cell populations, which is the author's area of expertise.

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Published July, 2009
By Juan Dominguez-Bendala
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Series: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
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From the discovery of Pdx1, the first "master gene" of pancreatic development, to the most recent findings on the role of microRNAs in beta cell homeostasis, the last fifteen years have seen an unprecedented advance in our understanding of the precise development and organization of the many different cell types that make up the pancreas.

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