Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetes

1. Pancreas and Islet Development
George K. Gittes, Krishna Prasadan, Sidhartha Tulachan

2. Islet and Pancreas Transplantation
Davide Mineo, Gaetano Ciancio, George W. Burke, Rodolfo Alejandro, Camillo Ricordi

3. Cell Cycle Regulation in Human Pancreatic Beta Cells
Nathalie Fiaschi-Taesch, George Harb, Esra Karsiloglu, Karen K. Takane, Andrew F. Stewart

4. Islet Regeneration
Xiaobo Xu, Joke D’Hoker, Nico De Leu, Xiangwei Xiao, Yves Heremans, Mark Van De Casteele, Harry Heimberg

5. Beta-Cell Expansion in Vitro
Shimon Efrat

6. What Does It Take to Make a Beta Cell?
Gordon C. Weir, Susan Bonner-Weir

7. Generation of Beta Cells from Acinar Cells
Luc Baeyens, Ilse Rooman, Luc Bouwens

8. Generation of Beta Cells from Pancreatic Duct Cells and/or Stem Cells
Susan Bonner-Weir, Arun Sharma

9. Adult Cell Reprogramming: Using Nonpancreatic Cell Sources to Generate Surrogate Beta Cells for Treatment of Diabetes
Irit Meivar-Levy, Vered Aviv, Sarah Ferber

10. Embryonic Stem Cells as a Potential Cure for Diabetes
Michael A. Bukys, Jan Jensen

11. Functional Tissue Reconstruction with the Use of Biologic Scaffolds
Stephen F. Badylak, Jennifer B. Ogilvie, Thomas W. Gilbert

12. Immunoisolation in Cell Transplantation
Riccardo Calafiore, Giuseppe Basta

13. Prevention of Islet Graft Rejection and Recipient Tolerization
Eitan M. Akirav, Kevan C. Herold

Nyckelord: Life Sciences, Stem Cells, Diabetes, Cell Biology, Biotechnology