Adult and Embryonic Stem Cells

1. Impressions from the International Stem Cell Symposium
Gülsen Ökten

2. Searching for In Vivo Traces of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Their Ancestors
Alp Can

3. Isolation and Identification of Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Ilknur Kozanoglu, Erkan Maytalman

4. Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation
Chitra Hosing, Marcos Lima, Elizabeth J. Shpall

5. Immunoregulatory Functions of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
Ferit Avcu

6. Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Possibilities of New Treatment Options
Zeynep Tokcaer-Keskin, Hande Kocak, Ihsan Gursel, Kamil C. Akcali

7. Tissue Engineering Based on the Importance of Collaboration Between Clinicians and Basic Scientists Regarding Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
Aysel Yurtsever

8. Synchroton Radiation and Nanotechnology for Stem Cell Researchers
F. Fiori, A. Giuliani, A. Manescu, C. Renghini, F. Rustichelli

9. Controversies in Corneal Epithelial Stem Cell Biology
Haifa Ali, Charles Osei-Bempong, Ani Ray-Chaudhuri, Bakiah Shaharuddin, Arianna Bianchi, Mohit Parekh, Sajjad Ahmad

10. Type 1 Diabetes and Stem Cells: A New Approach
Erdal Karaöz

11. Successful Scale-Up and Quality Assessments of Human Embryonic Stem Cells for Cell Therapy: Challenges and Overview
Mohan C. Vemuri, Geetha M. Swamilingiah, Shruthi Pal, Jasmeet Kaur, Udaykumar Kolkundkar

12. Human Embryonic Stem Cells from Laboratory and Clinical Perspectives
Necati Findikli

13. Clinical and Laboratory Aspects of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Derivation of Affected Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines
Rıdvan Seçkin Özen

14. New Treatment Modalities by Disease-Specific and Patient-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Sibel Yildirim

15. Cancer Stem Cells: Current Concepts and Therapeutic Implications
A. Ugur Ural

16. Problems to Be Solved in Molecular Oncology
Ayfer Haydaroğlu

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