Stem cell and tissue engineering / edited by Song Li, Nicolas L'Heureux, Jennifer Elisseeff.

Tissue engineering integrates knowledge and tools from biological sciences and engineering for tissue regeneration. A challenge for tissue engineering is to identify appropriate cell sources. The recent advancement of stem cell biology provides enormous opportunities to engineer stem cells for tissue engineering. The impact of stem cell technology on tissue engineering will be revolutionary. This book covers state-of-the-art knowledge on the potential of stem cells for the regeneration of a wide range of tissues and organs and the technologies for studying and engineering stem cells. It serves as a valuable reference book for researchers and students.

Tissue engineering: from basic biology to cell-based applications / Robert M. Nerem -- Recent advances and future perspectives on somatic cell reprogramming / Kun-Yong Kim and In-Hyun Park -- Hematopietic stem cells / Jennifer J. Trowbridege -- Mesenchymal stem cells for tissue regeneration / Ngana F. Huang and Song Li -- Delivery vehicles for deploying mesenchymal stem cells in tissue repair / Michael S. Friedman and J. Kent Leach -- Stem cells for cardiac tissue engineering / Jennifer L. Young, Karen L. Christman and Adam J. Engler -- Cardiovascular system: stem cells in tissue-engineered blood vessels / Rajendra Sawh-Martinez ... [et al.] -- Stem cells for vascular regeneration: an engineering approach / Laura E. Dickinson and Sharon Gerecht -- Stem cells and wound repair / Sae Hee Ko ... [et al.] -- Engineering cartilage: from materials to small molecules / Jeannine M. Coburn and Jennifer H. Elisseeff -- Adult stem cells for articular cartilage tissue engineering / Sushmita Saha ... [et al.] -- Stem cells for disc repair / Aliza A. Allon ... [et al.] -- Skeletal tissue engineering: progress and prospects / Nicholas J. Panetta, Deepak M. Gupta and Michael T. Longaker -- Clinical applications of a stem cell based therapy for oral bone reconstruction / Bradley McAllister and Kamran Haghighat -- Therapeutic strategies for repairing the injured spinal cord using stem cells / Michael S. Beattie and Jacqueline C. Bresnahan -- Potential of tissue engineering and neural stem cells in the understanding and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases / Caroline Auclair-Daigle and François Berthod -- High-throughput systems for stem cell engineering / David A. Brafman, Karl Willert and Shu Chien -- Microscale technologies for tissue engineering and stem cell differentiation / Jason W. Nichol ... [et al.] -- Quality control of autologous cell-and tissue-based therapies / Nathalie Dusserre, Todd McAllister and Nicholas L'Heureux -- Regulatory challenges for cell-based therapeutics / Todd McAllister ... [et al.].

Includes bibliographical references and index.