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Book Synopsis
Over the years cell-based technologies have gained significant scientific attention, and have become a matter of intense public debate as well. This book includes manuscripts on tissue engineering, stem cells and gene therapies authored by some world-renowned scientists of the field.
Table of Contents
I: Perspectives For Tissue Engineering And Stem Cells. 1. Tissue engineering: confronting the transplantation crisis; R. Nerem. 2. Human embryonic stem cells- realising the potential; J. McWhir, A. Thomson, V. Sottile. 3. Human embryonic or adult stem cells: an overview on ethics and perspectives for tissue engineering; P. Henon. 4. Stem cell biology and plasticity; E. Kansu. II: Stem Cells In Tissue Engineering And Cell-Based Therapies. 5. Liver tissue engineering: successes and limitations; V. Dixit, Y.M. Elçin. 6. Pancreatic islet and stem cell transplantation in diabetes mellitus: results and perspectives; R.G. Bretzel. 7. Cell based therapy of chronic degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; Ye.V. Pankratov, A.I. Ivanov, T.D. Kolokoltsova, Ye.A. Nechayeva, I.F. Radayeva, L.I. Korochkin, A.V. Revischin, S.A. Naumov, I.A. Khlusovi, A.I. Autenshlus. 8. CD 34+ cells in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; T. Demirer. 9. The effects of different growth factors on human bone marrow stromal cells differentiating into hepatocyte-like cells; Y.-S. Weng, H.-Y. Lin, Y.-J. Hsiang, C.-T. Hsieh, W.-T. Li. III: Biomarkers For Tissue-Engineered Products. 10. Oxidative DNA damage biomarkers used in tissue-engineered skin; H. Rodriguez, P. Jaruga, M. Birincioglu, P.E. Barker, C. O'Connell, M. Dizdaroglu. 11. Biomarkers used to detect genetic damage in tissue-engineered skin; C. O'Connell, P.E. Barker, M. Marino, P. McAndrew, D.H. Atha, P. Jaruga, M. Birincioglu, M. Dizdaroglu, H. Rodriguez. IV: Biomaterials In TissueEngineering And Repair. 12. Design peptide scaffolds for regenerative medicine; S. Zhang, C.E. Semino. 13. Progresses in synthetic vascular prostheses: toward the endothelialization; M. Crombez, D. Mantovani. 14. Adhesion and growth of rat aortic smooth muscle cells on lactide-based polymers; L. Bacáková, M. Lapcíková, D. Kubies, F. Rypácek. 15. Biodegradable copolymers carrying cell-adhesion peptide sequences; V. Proks, L. Machová, S. Popelka, F. Rypácek. 16. Polymer based scaffolds and carriers for bioactive agents from different natural origin materials; P.B. Malafaya, M.E. Gomes, A.J. Salgado, R.L. Reis. 17. Preparation and characterization of natural/synthetic hybrid scaffolds; G. Khang, S.J. Lee, C.W. Han, J.M. Rhee, H.B. Lee. 18. Polyhipe polymer: a novel scaffold for in vitro bone tissue engineering; M. Bokhari, M. Birch, G. Akay. 19. Pancreatic islet culture and transplantation using chitosan and PLGA scaffolds; Y.M. Elçin, A.E. Elçin, R.G. Bretzel, T. Linn. V: Gene Therapy And Other Approaches. 20. Challenges and prospects for targeted transgenesis in livestock; M.M. Marques, A.J. Thomson, J. McWhir. 21. Controlled release of bioactive agents in gene therapy and tissue engineering; D.S. Keskin, V. Hasirci. 22. Interleukin 1 (IL-1) induces the activation of stat3; A. Arman, P.E. Auron. 23. The use of antibodies in diagnosis and therapy of cancer; A. Muvaffak, Hasirci. 24. Detection of phage displayed peptides with blocking ability in vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) model; B. Erdag, B.K.
