Working with Stem Cells

Chapter 1 Stem Cells: Principles and Applications.- Chapter 2 Human Embryonic Stem Cell Line Derivation.- Chapter 3 Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells.- Chapter 4 Neural Differentiation of Rodent Neural Progenitor Cells & Isolation and Enrichment of Human Neural Progenitor/Stem Cells.- Chapter 5 Mice Post-Natal Subventricular Zone Neurospheres: Derivation, Culture, Differentiation and Applications.- Chapter 6 Very Small Embryonic-like Stem Cells (VSELs) and their Hematopoietic Specification.- Chapter 7 Neural Crest Stem Cell Cultures: Establishment, Characterization and Potential Use.- Chapter 8 Cancer Stem Cells: Issues with in vitro Expansion and Model Systems.- Chapter 9 Spontaneous Generation of Patient-specific Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells using induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology. This chapter includes the generation of induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPSC).- Chapter 10 Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells into Cortical Neurons.- Chapter 11 Motor Neuron Differentiation from Pluripotent Stem Cells: Development of the Technique, Synopsis of Protocols, and Summary of Current Applications.- Chapter 12 Derivation of Dopaminergic Neurons from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Using a Defined System and/or Small Molecules.- Chapter 13 Differentiation of hiPSC-derived Cardiomyocytes.- Chapter 14 Endoderm Differentiation from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells.- Chapter 15 Pancreatic Differentiation from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells.- Chapter 16 Efficient Generation of Skeletal Myogenic Progenitors from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells.- Chapter 17. Genome Editing in Stem Cells.- Chapter 18 Neural Stem Cells: Functional Multipotency and Spinal Cord Injury Research Protocols.- Chapter 19 Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering.- Chapter 20 Scaffolds for Embryonic Stem Cell Growth and Differentiation.