Screen LibraryStem cells : scientific facts and fiction /
"The second edition of Stem Cells: Scientific Facts and Fiction provides the non-stem cell expert with an understandable review of the history, current state of affairs, and facts and fiction of the promises of stem cells. Building on success of its award-winning preceding edition, the second e...
Saved in:
| Group Author: | ; ; ; |
|---|---|
| Published: |
Elsevier/AP, Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier,
|
| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Subjects: | |
| Summary: |
"The second edition of Stem Cells: Scientific Facts and Fiction provides the non-stem cell expert with an understandable review of the history, current state of affairs, and facts and fiction of the promises of stem cells. Building on success of its award-winning preceding edition, the second edition features new chapters on embryonic and iPS cells and stem cells in veterinary science and medicine. It contains major revisions on cancer stem cells to include new culture models, additional interviews with leaders in progenitor cells, engineered eye tissue, and xeno organs from stem cells, as w |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 433 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780124115514 (paperback) : 0124115519 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | QH588 |
| CLC: |
Q813.1 Q24 |
| Call Number: | Q24/S824/2nd ed. |
| Contents: | The biology of the cell -- Embryonic development -- What are stem cells? -- Of mice and men : the history of embryonic stem cells -- Origins and types of stem cells : what's in a name? -- Cloning : history and current applications -- Regenerative medicine : clinical applications of stem cells -- Stem cells in veterinary medicine -- Cardiomyocytes from stem cells : what can we do with them? -- Adult stem cells : generation of self-organizing mini-organs in a dish -- Stem cell tourism -- Cancer stem cells : where do they come from and where are they going? -- Human stem cells for organs-on-chi |