Stem Cells: A Cellular Fountain of Youth

G van Zant

ISBN 10: 0444507310 / ISBN 13: 9780444507310

Published by Elsevier Science Aug 2002, 2002

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume provides a timely and thorough review of the current state of understanding of a fascinating type of cell that is capable of forming many or all cells in the body. In humans and other mammals embryonic stem cells, the immediate offspring of the fertilized egg, are capable of forming any type of cell in the body. Moreover stem cells are present in many different tissues in adults that are capable of dividing and differentiating into the specific cell types that comprise the organ in which they reside.A major focus of the book is to provide the reader with up-to-date information on the molecular mechanisms that regulate the proliferation, differentiation and survival of stem cells, and how aging and age-related disease impacts on stem cells. Leading authorities detail the properties and therapeutic potential of embryonic stem cells and stem cells of the nervous and immune systems, muscle and bone. Particularly exciting are emerging technologies for using stem cells to treat human age-related diseases including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. This book will be a valuable reference for developmental biologists and for scientists and clinicians who study and treat a variety of diseases. 234 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stem Cells: A Cellular Fountain of Youth
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Aug 2002
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0444507310
• ISBN 13: 9780444507310
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 250W x 170H x 16D millimeters 250 millimeters width by 170 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 585 grams

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Synopsis

This volume provides a timely and thorough review of the current state of understanding of a fascinating type of cell that is capable of forming many or all cells in the body. In humans and other mammals embryonic stem cells, the immediate offspring of the fertilized egg, are capable of forming any type of cell in the body. Moreover stem cells are present in many different tissues in adults that are capable of dividing and differentiating into the specific cell types that comprise the organ in which they reside.

A major focus of the book is to provide the reader with up-to-date information on the molecular mechanisms that regulate the proliferation, differentiation and survival of stem cells, and how aging and age-related disease impacts on stem cells. Leading authorities detail the properties and therapeutic potential of embryonic stem cells and stem cells of the nervous and immune systems, muscle and bone. Particularly exciting are emerging technologies for using stem cells to treat human age-related diseases including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.

This book will be a valuable reference for developmental biologists and for scientists and clinicians who study and treat a variety of diseases.

Review

D.C. Schmidt
...a good purchase for academic and medical libraries where there is an interest in development, cell biology, or stem cell therapies.
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