Methods in bioengineering : cell transplantation /

This practical book is part of the new Artech House Methods in Bioengineering series - volumes designed to offer detailed guidance on authoritative methods for addressing specific bioengineering challenges. Written and edited by recognized experts in the field, each book provides research engineers,...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Knovel (Firm)
Other Authors: Soto-Gutierrez, Alejandro, Navarro-Alvarez, Nalu, Fox, Ira J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Boston : Artech House, 2011.
Series:Artech House methods in bioengineering series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Methods in Bioengineering: Cell Transplantation; Contents; Preface; 1 Extracellular Matrices for Hepatic Tissue Engineering; 2 Tissue Engineering Using a Temperature-Responsive Cell Culture Dish; 3 In-Vivo Functional Assessment of Engineered Human Insulin-Producing Cells; 4 Generation of Insulin-Producing Cells from Adult Mouse Intrahepatic Biliary Epithelial Cells In Vitro; 5 Technologies to Improve Human Islet Transplantation; 6 Pancreatic Islet Isolation from Swine; 7 Spinal Cord Injury Models and Cell Transplantation Therapy; 8 Cell Transplantation and Regeneration in Neurology
  • 9 Biocompatible Genetic Modification of Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells10 Adipose Tissue as a Source of Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Hepatocyte Transplantation; 11 Culture Protocols for Producing Definitive Endoderm and Pancreatic Lineage Cells from Human ES or iPS Cells; 12 Human Placenta Cell Isolation; Acknowledgments; References; 13 Liver Repopulation by Fetal Liver Stem/Progenitor Cells; 14 Myoblast Transplantation: Techniques in Nonhuman Primates as a Bridge to Clinical Trials; Acronyms and Abbreviations; About the Editors; Index