Table of Contents: Preface pp. i-xii
Therapeutic Potential of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Repair (Helen Tao, Bojiang Shen, Aiqun Wei, Thomas Kishen, Ashish Diwan, David D. F. Ma) pp.1-18
Differential Effects of Tri-Iodothyronine and Transforming Growth Factor-Beta 1 on Collagens Newly Synthesized by Human and Murine Mesenchymal Stem Cells
(Fackson Mwale, Caroline N. Demers, Alain Petit, Jean Ouellet, John Degenerative Intervertebral Discs
Antoniou) pp.19-32
The Expression of Potential Markers of Nucleus Pulposus Phenotypes in Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells From Osteoarthritis Patients on Novel Nitrogen-Rich Plasma Polymer Surfaces
(Fackson Mwale, Hong Tian Wang, Alain Petit, Pierre-Luc Girard-Lauriault, Jean A. Ouellet, Michael R. Wertheimer and John Antoniou) pp.33-48
Effect of the N-terminal Peptide of Link Protein on Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells From Osteoarthritis Patients
(Fackson Mwale, Caroline N. Demers, Alain Petit and John Antoniou)pp.49-66
The Role of Adult Bone Marrow Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Growth Factors and Carriers in the Treatment of Cartilage and Bone Defects
(Antal Salamon and Erzsébet Toldy)pp.67-80
Alpha 7 Subunit of nAChR Regulates Migration of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells
(Ingrid U. Schraufstatter, Richard G. DiScipio and Sophia K. Khaldoyanidi)pp.81-96
DNA Demethylation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Has Increased Potential to Become Neuronal Cells
(Fokhrul Hossain and Kiminobu Sugaya) pp.97-108
Derivation of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines
(Kristina Hug) pp.109-126
The Ethics of Human Embryos and Embryonic Stem Cell Research
(Zubin Master, Daisy Laforce, Marcus McLeod and Bryn Williams-Jones)pp.127-174
Neuronal Differentiation of Murine Embryonic Stem Cells
(B.A. Bergmans, C.G. Dotti and B. De Strooper) pp.175-190
Generation and Transplantation of Human Embryonic Stem Cell (hESC)- Derived Cardiomyocytes in Mouse Model of Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy (Rajarshi Pal, Sameer Shaikh and Aparna Khanna)pp.191-210
Macrophage Differentiation from Embryoid Bodies Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells
(Aparna Subramanian, Beichu Guo, Matthew D. Marsden, Zoran Galic, Scott Kitchen, Amelia Kacena, Helen J. Brown, Genhong Cheng and Jerome A. Zack)pp.211-232
Acute Effect of Endothelins on Intercellular Communication of Human Embryonic Stem Cells
(Raymond C. B. Wong, Kathryn C. Davidson, Jessie Leung, Martin F. Pera and Alice Pébay)pp.233-246
Commercialization of Human Stem Cells and Stem Cell-Based Products: Real Dangers or Unnecessary Fears? European Perspective
(Kristina Hug) pp.247-262
Criteria for Patentability and Patent Scope in Europe: The Case of Human Stem Cells
(Kristina Hug) pp.263-280
Index pp.281-301
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