Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Odorico, Jon; Pedersen, Roger; Zhang, Su-Chun

The book provides an outstanding introduction to embryonic stem cell research...The book includes an excellent mix of photomicrographs and diagrams as well as a few color plates...This is a well-written and easy-to-read, compact book. The editors have brought together outstanding experts and assembled a nice cross-sectional view of this enlarging field - Doody's Listings and Reviews This book will be of tremendous help to those who have already started, or soon will start, a journey into the murky waters of stem-cell research - The New England Journal of Medicine, 354: 1, Jan 06

• 1. Biology of Embryonic Stem Cells  2. Characteristics of Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Embryonal Carcinoma Cells and Embryonic Germ Cells  3. Adult Stem Cell Plasticity  4. Human and Murine Embryonic Stem Cell Lines: Windows to Early Mammalian Development  5. Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Multilineage Differentiation to Mesoderm Lineages  6. Trophoblast Differentiation from Embryonic Stem Cells  7. Current and Future Prospects for Hematopoiesis Studies using Human Embryonic Stem Cells  8. Derivation of Endothelial Cells from Human Embryonic Stem Cells  9. Neural Specification from Human Embryonic Stem Cells  10. Modeling Islet Development through Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation  11. Cardiomyocyte Differentiation in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Progeny  12. Genetic Engineering of Human Embryonic Stem Cells  13. ES Cells for Transplantation: Coping with Immunity  14. Clinical Applications for Human ES Cells  15. Production of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Cellular Product for Therapeutic Use  16. Ethical and Policy Considerations in Embryonic Stem Cell Research  17. Legal Framework Pertaining to Research Creating or Using Human Embryonic Stem Cells  18. Genomic Approaches to Stem Cell Biology  18. Genomic Approaches to Stem Cell Biology  19. Proteomics and Embryonic Stem Cells