The subject of this book is stem cell research and regenerative medicine. Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that have the ability to differentiate into different lineages of the body. Stem cells carry tremendous potential for the treatment of a broad range of disease and injuries. Stem cells exist in embryonic, foetal, and adult tissues, including the adult central nervous system. This book aims at, in depth, the recent developments in stem cell research and regenerative medicine. Though this book encompasses all the fields of stem cell research and regenerative medicine, it emphasises adult neurogenesis and neural stem cell research and therapy within the context of pharmacology and therapy.
Author(s): Phillippe Taupin
Series: Nova Biomedical
Edition: 1
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 133
STEM CELLS AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, VOLUME III: PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPY......Page 3
STEM CELLS AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, VOLUME III: PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPY......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 9
INTRODUCTION......Page 13
NEUROGENESIS AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE......Page 17
NEUROGENESIS AND THE EFFECT OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS......Page 23
ADULT NEURAL STEM CELLS AND CELLULAR THERAPY
......Page 31
STEM CELL ENGINEERING FOR CELL-BASED THERAPY
......Page 45
HUCNS-SC STEM CELLS......Page 55
OTI-010 OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS/JCR PHARMACEUTICALS......Page 71
ADA-TRANSDUCED HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL THERAPY FOR ADA-SCID......Page 89
THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF ADULT NEURAL STEM CELLS
......Page 105
CONCLUSION AND PERSPECTIVES: ADULT NEURAL STEM CELLS – THE PROMISE OF THE FUTURE......Page 117
INDEX......Page 133
