Preface ........................................................ ix
Chapter 1 Normal and Pathological Development of Pluripotent
Stem Cells ........................................... 1
Olga F. Gordeeva
Chapter 2 Molecular Mechanism Involved in the Maintenance of
Pluripotent Stem Cells .............................. 47
Raymond Ching-Bong Wong, Peter J. Donovan and
Alice Pébay
Chapter 3 Generation of Clinically Relevant "Induced
Pluripotent Stem" (iPS) Cells ....................... 81
Corey Heffernan, Huseyin Sumer and Paul J. Verma
Chapter 4 Amniotic Fluid and Placental Stem Cells ............ 113
Emily C. Moorefield, Dawn M. Delo, Paolo De Coppi
and Anthony Atala
Chapter 5 Exploring a Stem Cell Basis to Identify Novel
Treatment for Human Malignancies ................... 137
Shyam A. Patel and Pranela Rameshwar
Chapter 6 Outstanding Questions Regarding Induced
Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cell Research ............... 155
Miguel A. Esteban, Jiekai Chen, Jiayin Yang,
Feng Li, Wen Li and Duanqing Pei
Chapter 7 Lepidopteran Midgut Stem Cells in Culture: A New
Tool for Cell Biology and Physiological Studies .... 173
Gianluca Tettamanti and Morena Casartelli
Chapter 8 Are Embryonic Stem Cells Really Needed for
Regenerative Medicine? ............................. 185
David T. Harris
Chapter 9 Genetic Stability of Murine Pluripotent and
Somatic Hybrid Cells May Be Affected by
Conditions of Their Cultivation .................... 191
Shramova Elena Ivanovna, Larionov Oleg
Alekseevich, Khodarovich Yurii Mikhailovich and
Zatsepina Olga Vladimirovna
Chapter 10 Recent Advancements towards the Derivation of
Immune-Compatible Patient-Specific Human
Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines ........................ 213
Micha Drukker
Chapter 11 Pluripotent Cells in Embryogenesis and in
Teratoma Formation ................................. 227
O.F. Gordeeva
Index ......................................................... 247
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