Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells, Volume 2, 2012 Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells, Therapeutic Applications in Disease and Injury: Volume 2 Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells Series, Vol. 2

Introduction.-1. Isolation of bone marrow stromal cells from bone marrow by using a filtering device (method).- 2. Hematopoietic stem cell frequency estimate: statistical approach to model limiting dilution competitive repopulation assays.3. Characteristics of cord blood stem cells: role of substance p (sp) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (cgrp).- 4. A new concept of stem cell disorders, and the rationale for transplantation of normal stem cells.- 5. Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into functional hepatocyte-like cells (method).- 6. Stem cell mobilization: an overview.- 7. Status and impact of research on human pluripotent stem cells: cell lines and their use in published research.- 8. Gliosarcoma stem cells: glial and mesenchymal differentiation.- 9. Generation of induced pluripotent stem cells from mesenchymal stromal cells derived from human third molars (method).- 10. Self-renewal and differentiation of intestinal stem cells: role of hedgehog pathway.- 11. Hematopoietic stem cell repopulation after transplantation: role of vinculin.- 12. Guoliang meng and derrick rancourt static and suspension culture of human embryonic stem cells.- 13. Generation of marmoset induced pluripotent stem cells using six transcription factors (method).- 14 Myc as a multifaceted regulator of pluripotency and reprogramming. CANCER STEM CELLS.- 15. Veronica catalano, antonina benfante, giorgio stassi, and matilde todaro human thyroid cancer stem cells.- 16. Tumor stem cells: cd133 gene rugulation and tumor stemness.- 17. Cripto-1: a common embryonic stem cell and cancer cell marker. DISEASES.- 18.Treatment of heart disease: use of transdifferentiation methodology for reprogramming adult stem cells.- 19. Rat mesenchymal cell cd44 surface markers: role in cardiomyogenic differentiation.- 20. Stroke therapy using menstrual blood stem-like cells: method.- 21. Spontaneous cerebral stroke in rats: differentation of new neurons from neural stemcells.- 22. Neurogenesis in the cerberal cortex after stroke.- 23. Ex vivo expanded hematopoietic stem cells for ischemia.- 24. Breast cancer risk: role of somatic breast stem cells.- 25. Replacement therapy in neurodegenerative disease using induced pluripotent stem cells.- 26. Treatment of graft-versous-host disease using allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells.- 27. Adult neurogenesis in etiology and pathogenesis of alzheimar’s disease. TISSUE REPAIR (REGENERATION).- 28. Generating human cardiac muscle cells from adipose-derived stem cells.- 29. Mesenchymal stem cells and mesenchymal-derived endothelial cells: repair of bone defects.- 30. Omentum in the repair of injured tissue: evidence for omental stem cells.- 31. Human embryonic stem cells transplanted into mouse retina induces neural differentiation.- 32. Stem cells to repair retina: from basic to applied biology.- 33. Heterogeneous responses of human bone marow stromal cells (multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells) to osteogenic induction.- 34. Adipose-derived stem cells and platelet-rich plasma: implications for regenerative medicine.- 35. Skeletal muscle-derived stem cells: role in cellular cardiomyoplasty.- 36. Cardiac regenerative medicine without stem cell transplantation.- 37. Allogeneic transplantation of fetal membrane-derived mesenchymal stem cells: therapy for acute myocarditis.- 38. Patients with cancer or hematopoietic stem cell transplant: infection with 2009 h1n1 influenza. Index.