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Stem cells immortality or healthy old age? /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: What is a stem cell? -- Properties of stem cells -- Adult and embryonic stem cells -- What is immortality? …”
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Stem cell ethics

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Stem cell biology -- Therapeutic possibilities -- Ethical concerns -- Personal ethics -- Research ethics -- Moral status of human embryo -- "Spare" embryos -- Research embryos -- Nuclear transfer embryos -- Legal situation in different countries -- Social ethics.…”
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Cartilage stem cells tools for joint repair? /

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Commercialisation of stem cells

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Why use stem cells? -- The IP problems of commercializing stem cell research -- Ethics and commercialization -- Selecting stem cells for commercial development -- Producing cells for product development -- Scale-up and quality issues -- The promise of automation -- Developing a product -- Lung disease: the medical need and the approach -- Simplifying the strategy by simplifying the product -- R&D of a lung assist device for lung therapeutics -- The key lesson for commercial development.…”
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Stem cells and medicine

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Types of stem cells: embryonic or pluripotent, somatic, fetal vs. adult -- Are stem cells a threat or a benefit? …”
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Stem cell bioprocessing

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Mouse embryonic stem cells

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Where Embryonic stem cells come from -- Testicular teratocarcinomas -- Differentiation of EC cells -- Interrelationships -- Isolation of embryonic stem cells -- Experimental mammalian genetics -- ES cells are a vector to the whole animal genome -- Mutation introduced via ES cells -- Consideration of the present situation.…”
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Clinical potential of stem cells

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Amphibians and organ repair -- Application of different cell types to the heart in animal models -- Stem cell repair is complex -- The mechanism of efficacy is unknown -- Intellectual property in autologous stem cells -- Autologous bone marrow cells can cause an increase in ejection fraction after myocardial infarction -- Definitive randomised, controlled, blinded trials are needed -- Gene therapy plus stem cell therapy is the future.…”
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Stem cells and regenerative medicine

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Regenerative medicine aims to repair, regenerate or replace damaged tissues and organs -- Selection of appropriate cell sources -- Plasticity -- Differentiation of stem cells towards target phenotypes -- Medium supplementation -- Exposure to cell extracts -- Direct or indirect co-culture with other cells/tissues -- Genetic modification -- Scaffolds -- Bioprocessing systems -- Pre-clinical testing of novel stem cell-based therapies in animal models of disease -- Clinical trials -- Treatment of ischaemic heart failure with autologous bone marrow stem cells.…”
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Stem cell therapy for the treatment of heart failure

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Heart failure: the problem -- Reasons for increased heart failure -- Current medical treatment of Congestive Heart Failure with systolic dysfunction -- Stem cells in the future treatment of heart failure -- Stem cell reservoirs -- Types of stem cells currently under study.…”
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Stem cells from adipose tissue

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Adipose Tissue Histology -- Adipose Tissue as a BioResource -- Adipose-derived cells: Characterization -- Cell Isolation Variables -- In Vivo Cell Location -- Unresolved Issues, Questions and Controversy -- How Should We Study Stem Cells? -- Self-assembling, 3-dimensional Spheres in Suspension Culture: An In Vitro Niche Model -- Advantages of 3-D Spheroid ASC Culture -- Translation of Adipose-derived Cell Therapies -- Commercialization.…”
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Stem cells derived from amniotic fluid and placenta

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Introduction to the amniotic fluid and placenta -- Collecting stem cells from the amniotic fluid or placenta -- Cell markers in amniotic fluid or placenta derived stem cells -- Amniotic fluid or placenta derived stem cells are able to form embryoid bodies -- Uses of amniotic fluid or placenta derived stem cells: Immunomodulation -- Uses of amniotic fluid or placenta derived stem cells: Regenerative medicine -- Amniotic fluid or placenta derived stem cells can be differentiated into a variety of cell types -- Amniotic fluid stems cells in the kidney -- Necrotizing enterocolitis; a model and treatment with amniotic fluid stems cells -- Clinical uses of amniotic fluid or placenta derived stem cells.…”
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Materials for tissue engineering

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Genes & cells therapy

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The use of human autologous stem cells in patients that suffer from liver diseases -- Stem cells specialize in repairing damaged tissues and regenerating damaged organs -- Omnicyte is a particular type of CD34+ hematopoietic stem cell -- Hematopoietic stem cells ability to expend and proliferate -- Expression of genes associated with the hepatocyte cells phenotype -- The effect of injecting human autologous stem cells into patients with liver insufficiency -- Normalization of albumin and bilirubin levels in patients with liver disease -- Results of phase II clinical trials.…”
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Nanotechnology for tissue engineering

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Human hepatocyte isolation for clinical transplantation

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Tissue engineering the science, the technology and the industry /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Historical perspective -- Biomedical devices and diagnostics industry -- Medical implant industry -- Approved tissue products -- Dermagraft -- Tissue engineered skin substitutes -- Cell source -- Matrix -- Immune tolerance -- Off-the-shelf availability -- Embryonic stem cells -- Scaffolds -- Bioreactor technology -- Integration into the living system -- Therapeutic products -- Key industry trends -- Advances envisioned.…”
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Vascular tissue engineering

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The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority

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Nanomedicine promises and pitfalls, part 2 of 3 /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Simultaneous ways to detect & kill bacteria -- Determining biofilm and bone formation -- Implantable sensor and drug administration -- Carbon nanofibers/nanotubes for neural implants -- Drug delivery on demand -- Stem cells & carbon nanofibers as treatment -- Nanomedicine pitfalls -- Nanoparticle toxicity -- Silver nanoparticles.…”
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