Stem Cell Engineering

1. The Emperor’s New Body: Seeking for a Blueprint of Limb Regeneration in Humans
Ilya Digel, Aysegül Temiz Artmann

2. Engineering the Stem Cell Niche and the Differentiative Micro- and Macroenvironment: Technologies and Tools for Applying Biochemical, Physical and Structural Stimuli and Their Effects on Stem Cells
Paolo Nardo, Marilena Minieri, Arti Ahluwalia

3. Differentiation Potential of Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Edda Tobiasch

4. The Potential of Selectively Cultured Adult Stem Cells Re-implanted in Tissues
Isgard S. Hueck, Martin Haas, Rita Finones, Jane Frimodig, David A. Gough

5. Enhanced Cardiac Differentiation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells by Electrical Stimulation
Paul R. Bidez, J. Yasha Kresh, Yen Wei, Peter I. Lelkes

6. The Therapeutic Potential of ES-Derived Haematopoietic Cells
Sabrina Gordon-Keylock, Lesley Forrester

7. Genetic Modification of Human Embryonic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: Viral and Non-viral Approaches
Nicole M. Kane, Chris Denning, Andrew H. Baker

8. The Immune Barriers of Cell Therapy with Allogenic Stem Cells of Embryonic Origin
Olivier Preynat-Seauve, Karl-Heinz Krause, Jean Villard

9. Reponses of Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Varying Oxygen Availability In Vitro and In Vivo
Frank R. Kloss, Sarvpreet Singh, Günter Lepperdinger

10. Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Nitric Oxide: Matching Partners in Biomedicine
Stefanie Keymel, Burcin Özüyaman, Marijke Grau, Malte Kelm, Petra Kleinbongard

11. Skeletal Stem Cells and Controlled Nanotopography
Matthew J. Dalby, Richard O.C. Oreffo

12. Cells and Vascular Tissue Engineering
John Paul Kirton, Tsung-Neng Tsai, Qingbo Xu

13. Endothelial Progenitor Cells for Vascular Repair
Melissa A. Brown, Cindy S. Cheng, George A. Truskey

14. Regenerating Tubules for Kidney Repair
W.W. Minuth, L. Denk, A. Roessger

15. Stem Cells in Tissue Engineering and Cell Therapies of Urological Defects
Christoph Becker, Katrin Montzka, Gerhard Jakse

16. Bio-synthetic Encapsulation Systems for Organ Engineering: Focus on Diabetes
Rylie A. Green, Penny J. Martens, Robert Nordon, Laura A. Poole-Warren

17. Stem Cell Engineering for Regeneration of Bone Tissue
Michael Gelinsky, Anja Lode, Anne Bernhardt, Angela Rösen-Wolff

18. Building, Preserving, and Applying Extracellular Culture Integrity Using New Cell Culture Methods and Surfaces
Thomas Brevig, Robin Wesselschmidt, Masayuki Yamato

19. Fabrication of Modified Extracellular Matrix for the Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapeutics
Hwal (Matthew) Suh

20. Neural Stem Cells: From Cell Fate and Metabolic Monitoring Toward Clinical Applications
Jan Pruszak, Máté Döbrössy, Jochen Kieninger, Kuppusamy Aravindalochanan, Gerald A. Urban, Guido Nikkhah

21. Adult Stem Cells in Drug Discovery
Stefan Golz, Andreas Geerts, Andreas Wilmen

22. Embryonic Stem Cells as a Tool for Drug Screening and Toxicity Testing
Bernd Denecke, Silke Schwengberg

23. Embryonic Stem Cells: A Biological Tool to Translate the Mechanisms of Heart Development
Omonigho A. Aisagbonhi, Antonis K. Hatzopoulos

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