Cell Therapy : Current Status and Future Directions /

This volume provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of the field of cell therapy. The volume begins with an overview of the breadth of the field and then turns to overviews of imaging technologies that can aid in both safety and efficacy evaluations. The book then turns to numerous contrib...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Emerich, Dwaine F; Orive, Gorka
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana Press,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Molecular and Translational Medicine,
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57153-9
Summary: This volume provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of the field of cell therapy. The volume begins with an overview of the breadth of the field and then turns to overviews of imaging technologies that can aid in both safety and efficacy evaluations. The book then turns to numerous contributions detailing the rapidly growing field of stem cell therapies. These sections cover our understanding of the natural roles of stem cells in biology and human disease and then touches on several of the more prominent areas where stem cells are moving rapidly into clinical evaluation including n
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(XVI,328pages): illustrations.
ISBN: 9783319571539
Index Number: RB1
CLC: R459.9
Contents: Molecular Considerations in Cell Transplant Imaging -- Considerations for Successful Encapsulated Cell Therapy -- Stem Cell Therapy for Neurovascular and Traumatic Brain Diseases -- Cell Replacement Strategies for Parkinson's Disease -- Cell Therapy for Epilepsy -- Dendritic Cell-Based Cancer Therapies: Current Status and Future Directions -- Encapsulation Approaches to Cell Therapy -- Biomaterials and Cells for Re-Vascularization -- Cell Reprogramming for Cardiac Regeneration and Rare Disease Modeling -- Engineering Organoid Systems to Model Health and Disease -- 3D Printing for Cell Therap