Feridoun Karimi-BusheriDepartment of OncologyUniversity of AlbertaEdmonton, AB, CanadaMichael WeinfeldDepartment of OncologyUniversity of Albertaand Cross Cancer InstituteEdmonton, AB, Canada

• Pertinent Issues in Cryopreservation of Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells: Protecting Biological Integrity, Feridoun Karimi-Busheri, Aghdass Rasouli-Nia, and Michael Weinfeld.- Cryopreservation: Evolution of Molecular Based Strategies, John M. Baust, William Corwin, Kristi K. Snyder, Robert Van Buskirk, and John G. Baust.- Fundamental Principles of Stem Cell Banking, Changbin Sun, Jianhui Yue, Na He,Yaqiong Liu, Xi Zhang, and Yong Zhang.- Biobanking: An Important Resource for Precision Medicine in Glioblastoma, Si Yan Melanie Tan, Edwin Sandanaraj, Carol Tang, and Beng Ti Christopher Ang.- Slow Cooling Cryopreservation Optimized to Human Pluripotent Stem Cells, Takamichi Miyazaki and Hirofumi Suemori.- Cryopreservation in Closed Bag Systems as an Alternative to Clean Rooms for Preparations of Peripheral Blood Stem Cells, Silvia Spoerl, Robert Peter, and Angela M Krackhardt.- Cryopreserved or Fresh Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: Only a Matter of Taste or Key to Unleash the Full Clinical Potential of MSC Therapy?, Guido Moll, Sven Geißler, Rusan Catar, Lech Ignatowicz , Martin J. Hoogduijn, Dirk Strunk, Karen Bieback, and Olle Ringdén.- Biobanking of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Future Strategy to Facilitate Clinical Applications, Kar Wey Yong, Jane Ru Choi, and Wan Kamarul Zaman Wan Safwani.- Menstrual Blood-derived Stem Cells: In Vitro and In Vivo Characterization of Functional Effects, Maria Carolina Oliveira Rodrigues, Trenton Lippert, Hung Nguyen, Sussannah Kaelber, Paul R. Sanberg, and Cesar V. Borlongan.- Cryopreservation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Cardiomyocytes: Strategies, Challenges, and Future Directions, Marcela K. Preininger, Monalisa Singh, and Chunhui Xu.- Cryopreserved Adipose Tissue-derived Stromal/Stem Cells: Potential for Applications in Clinic and Therapy, Fabiana Zanata, Shahensha Shaik, Ram V. Devireddy, Xiying Wu, Lydia Masako Ferreira, and Jeffrey M. Gimble.- Banking of Adipose- and Cord Tissue-Derived Stem Cells: Technical and Regulatory Issues, David T Harris.- Mature Oocyte Cryopreservation for Fertility Preservation, Tina Liang and Tarek Motan.- Stem Cell Banking and Its Impact on Cardiac Regenerative Medicine, Silvana Bardelli and Marco Moccetti.- Preservation of Ocular Epithelial Limbal Stem Cells: The New Frontier in Regenerative Medicine, Zala Lužnik, Marina Bertolin, Claudia Breda, Barbara Ferrari, Vanessa Barbaro, Petra Schollmayer, and Stefano Ferrari.- Cryopreservation of Hair-Follicle Associated Pluripotent (HAP) Stem Cells Maintains Differentiation and Hair-Growth Potential, Robert M. Hoffman, Satoshi Kajiura, Wenluo Cao, Fang Liu, and Yasuyuki Amoh.- Cryopreservation and Banking of Dental Stem Cells, Petra Hilkens, Ronald Driesen, Esther Wolfs, Pascal Gervois, Time Vangansewinkel, Jessica Ratajczak, Yörg Dillen, Annelies Bronckaers, and Ivo Lambrichts.- Index