I. Introductory Chapters
Pluripotential stem cells from vertebrate embryos: Present perspective and future challenges
Gardner
Postnatal stem cells
Gehron Robes and Bianco
Adult epithelial tissue stem cells
Potten and Wilson
Mesenchymal stem cells
Caplan
Stem cells, plasticity and regeneration
Carlson
II. Methods for Preparing Embryonic or Pluripotent Stem Cells
Setting up a facility for human embryonic stem cell research
Lyons, et.al.
Approaches for derivation and maintenance of human embryonic stem cells: Detailed procedures and alternatives
Klimanskaya and MacMahon
Derivation and differentiation of human embryonic germ cells
Gearhardt, et.al.
Genetic manipulation of human embryonic stem cells
Mayshar and Benvenisty
Induced pluripotential stem cell derivation
Yu and Thomspson
III. Types and Properties of Stem Cells
Molecular basis of pluripotency
Cavaleri and Schöler
Characteristics and characterization of human pluripotential stem cells
Bang and Carpenter
Multipotent adult progenitor cells
Verfaillie and Crabbe
Bone marrow stem cells: Properties and pluripotency
Xaymardan, et.al.
Hematopoietic stem cell properties, markers, and therapeutics
Lindblad, et.al.
Stem cells in the gastrointestinal tract
MacDonald, et.al.
Stem cells derived from amniotic fluid and placenta
Atala, et.al.
Nuclear transfer for stem cells
Trounson
IV. Application of Stem Cell Biology to Regenerative Medicine
Neural stem cells for central nervous system repair
Gonzalez, et.al.
Spinal cord injury
MacDonald and Becker
Stem cells and heart disease
Leri, et.al.
Cell-based repair for cardiovascular regeneration: What, why, how and where are we going in the next 5-10 years
Taylor and Zenovich
Pancreatic stem cells
Dor and Melton
Insulin-producing cells derived from stem cells: A potential treatment for diabetes
Benner-Weir and Weir
Regeneration of epidermis from adult keratinocyte stem cells
Rochat and Barrandon
Implantation of myogenic cells in skeletal muscles
Skuk and Trembley
Cell-based therapies for musculoskeletal repair
Lee, et.al.
Retinal pigment epithelium derived from embryonic stem cells
Klimanskaya