Stem Cell and Gene-Based Therapy

• Heart.- Renovation of the Injured Heart with Myocardial Tissue Engineering.- Adult Stem Cells for Myocardial Tissue Repair.- Regeneration of the Functional Myocardium Using Human Embryonic Stem Cells.- Therapeutic Angiogenesis.- Cell Therapy for Heart Failure.- Neuro.- Cell Transplantation for Diseases of Myelin.- Stem Cells as a Source for Cell Replacement in Parkinson’s Disease.- Cell Replacement Therapy in Acute Stroke: Current State.- Gene Therapy to the Nervous System.- Musculoskeletal.- Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Where Can You Find Them? How Can You Use Them?.- Basic to Clinical Cartilage Engineering: Past, Present, and Future Discussions.- Cartilage.- Bone Regeneration.- Osteoarthritis and Mesenchymal Cells — The Prospects for Repair of the Disease by Cell Transplantation and Tissue Engineering.- Kidney.- Progenitor Cell Therapy for Kidney Regeneration.- Tissue Engineering — The Bladder.- Eye.- Neuroprotection in Ophthalmology: A Review.- Autoimmunity for Central Nervous System Maintenance, Regeneration, and Renewal: Development of a T Cell-Based Vaccination Against Neurodegeneration.- Retinal Repair by Stem Cell Transplantation.- Induction of Ocular Surface Regeneration.- Pancreas.- Insulin-Producing Cells Generated from Nonpancreatic Tissues.- Generation of Islets from Pancreatic Progenitor Cells.- Embryonic Stem Cells as a Source of Pancreatic Precursors and Islet Cells in Vitro.- Hematology.- Human Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation: A Viable Option for Stem Cell Graft.- Nonmyeloablative Stem Cell Transplantation in the Treatment of Hematologic Malignancies.- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation from Human Leukocyte Antigen Haploidentical Donor.- Skin.- Wound Healing and Skin Substitutes.- Skin Regeneration from Multipotent Adult and Embryonic StemCells.

From the reviews: "...The broad scope of topics will attract attention from the entire biomedical research community. The book provides a snap shot of current research, a vision of research opportunities, & hope for patients with chronic diseases." Bruce A Fenderson, Ph.D.(Thomas Jefferson University), Doody's book service, June 2006) "This book is a comprehensive compilation of chapters summarizing the progress made in the different therapeutic areas. The inclusion of a general introduction would have been helpful to put stem cell approaches in context with more conventional therapies. ... The book is comprehensive and readable making it suitable for students and experienced researchers ... ." (Christopher Ring, Microbiology Today, June, 2009)