Stem Cells in Reproduction and in the Brain

• What Is a Stem Cell Niche?.- New Strategy for Comprehensive Analysis of Gene Functions in Embryonic Stem cells.- Paternal Dual Barrier by Ifg2-H19 and Dlk1-Gtl2 to Parthenogenesis in Mice.- Cell-Cell Fusion as a Means to Establish Pluripotency.- Toward Reprogramming Cells to Pluripotency.- Molecular Switches and Developmental Potential of Adult Stem Cells.- Adult Small Intestinal Stem Cells: Identification, Location, Characteristics, and Clinical Applications.- Tracking Stem Cells In Vivo.- Establishment of Nuclear Transfer Embryonic Stem Cell Lines from Adult Somatic Cells by Nuclear Transfer and Its Application.- Derivation of Germ Cells from Embryonic Stem Cells.- Germline Recruitment in Mice: A Genetic Program for Epigenetic Reprogramming.- Transplantation of Germ Line Stem Cells for the Study and Manipulation of Spermatogenesis.- Progenitor Cell-Based Myelination as a Model for Cell-Based Therapy of the Central Nervous System.- Adult Neural Stem Cells and Central Nervous System Repair.- Stem Cell Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease.

Aus den Rezensionen: "In Stammzellen ... werden grosse Hoffnungen fur die Therapie gesetzt. Doch welches Potential haben diese Zellen und was tun Forscher, um die Entwicklungsfahigkeit von Zellen zu steuern? Eine Menge fundierter Informationen dazu sind in dem englischsprachigen Symposiumsband 'Stem Cells in Reproduction and in the Brain' zu finden. ... In dem Band beschreibt zudem ein Pionier des Klonens, Dr. Teruhiko Wakayama aus Kobe, wie sich Klonen, also durch die Ubertragung eines Zellkerns in eine entkernte Eizelle, embryonale Stammzellen herstellen lassen ..." (Detaillierte Infos zu Stammzellen, in: Arzte-Zeitung, 2006, Issue 187, S. 10)