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1st Edition

Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Edited By Jon Odorico, Roger Pedersen, Su-Chun Zhang Copyright 2005
    424 Pages
    by Taylor & Francis

    Since the first successful isolation and cultivation of human embryonic stem cells at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1998, there has been high levels of both interest and controversy in this area of research.This book provides a concise overview of an exciting field, covering the characteristics of both human embryonic stem cells and pluripotent stem cells from other human cell lineages. The following chapters describe state-of-the-art differentiation and characterization of specific ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm-derived lineages from human embryonic stem cells, emphasizing how these can be used to study human developmental mechanisms. A further chapter discusses genetic manipulation of human ES cells. The concluding section covers therapeutic applications of human ES cells, as well as addressing the ethical and legal issues that this research have raised.

    1. Biology of Embryonic Stem Cells  2. Characteristics of Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Embryonal Carcinoma Cells and Embryonic Germ Cells  3. Adult Stem Cell Plasticity  4. Human and Murine Embryonic Stem Cell Lines: Windows to Early Mammalian Development  5. Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Multilineage Differentiation to Mesoderm Lineages  6. Trophoblast Differentiation from Embryonic Stem Cells  7. Current and Future Prospects for Hematopoiesis Studies using Human Embryonic Stem Cells  8. Derivation of Endothelial Cells from Human Embryonic Stem Cells  9. Neural Specification from Human Embryonic Stem Cells  10. Modeling Islet Development through Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation  11. Cardiomyocyte Differentiation in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Progeny  12. Genetic Engineering of Human Embryonic Stem Cells  13. ES Cells for Transplantation: Coping with Immunity  14. Clinical Applications for Human ES Cells  15. Production of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Cellular Product for Therapeutic Use  16. Ethical and Policy Considerations in Embryonic Stem Cell Research  17. Legal Framework Pertaining to Research Creating or Using Human Embryonic Stem Cells  18. Genomic Approaches to Stem Cell Biology  18. Genomic Approaches to Stem Cell Biology  19. Proteomics and Embryonic Stem Cells

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    Odorico, Jon; Pedersen, Roger; Zhang, Su-Chun

    The book provides an outstanding introduction to embryonic stem cell research...The book includes an excellent mix of photomicrographs and diagrams as well as a few color plates...This is a well-written and easy-to-read, compact book. The editors have brought together outstanding experts and assembled a nice cross-sectional view of this enlarging field -  Doody's Listings and Reviews

    This book will be of tremendous help to those who have already started, or soon will start, a journey into the murky waters of stem-cell research - The New England Journal of Medicine, 354: 1, Jan 06

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