Stem Cells Handbook

Introduction to Stem Cells.- Contemporary Ethical Issues in Stem Cell Research.- Stem Cells from Early Mammalian Embryos.- Quantitative Approaches to Model Pluripotency and Differentiation in Stem Cells.- Growth Dynamics of Fetal Human Neural Stem Cells.- Immunobiology of Embryonic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Transplantation.- Urodele Limb Regeneration: Mechanisms of Blastema Formation and Growth.- Mechanism of miR302-Mediated iPS Cell Generation.- Bioreactor Expansion of Pluripotent Stem Cells.- Generation of Hepatocyte-like Cells from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells.- Neural Differentiation from Pluripotent Stem Cells.- Generation of Anterior Foregut Derivatives from Pluripotent Stem Cells.- Commercial Opportunities for Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells.- Spermatogonial Stem Cells in Adult Mice and Men.- Characterization of the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Niche: Cellular and Molecular Analysis.- Glandular Stem Cells (GSCs): Stem Cells in Glandular Organs.- Human Mammary Epithelial Stem/Progenitor Cells.- Mammary Epithelial Stem Cells.- Gastric Stem Cell Biology: Proliferation Kinetics, Differentiation Hierarchies and Role in Carcinogenesis.- Progenitors of Islet Cells.- Stem Cell Populations Giving Rise to Liver, Biliary Tree and Pancreas.- Liver Regeneration in Health and Disease.- Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, Embryonic Stem Cells and their Cardiomyocyte Derivatives: An Overview.- Potential of Glial Cells.- Stem Cells and Aging.- Translating Stem Cell Discoveries.- Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation: From Tissue Regeneration to Immune Modulation.- Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering in Burns and Wounds.- Derivation of Retinal Pigmented Epithelial Cells for the Treatment of Ocular Disease.- Stem Cells and Diabetes.- Cancer is a Problem of Developmental Biology: Maturation Arrest and the Hierarchical Model of the Origin of Cancer from Stem Cells.- Targeting the Stem Cell Plasticity of Tumor Cells.- Molecular Evolution of Leukemia Stem Cells.- Rodent Modelsfor

Dr. Sell is a board certified pathologist and immunologist. He began research in 1957 while a medical student at the University of Pittsburgh, in the Department of Pathology, under Frank J. Dixon. After a pathology residency at Massachusetts Hospital, and post doctoral fellowships at NIH and Birmingham England he returned to the University of Pittsburgh for 5 years before moving to the University of California at San Diego. After 12 years at UCSD, Dr. Sell took the position as Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas (UT) at Houston before moving to Albany Medical College. As of February 2003 he has been a senior scientist at Wadsworth Center, a Professor at University at Albany School of Public Health and an Adjunct Professor at Albany College of Pharmacy. Dr. Sell received the Rudolph L. K. Virchow Award of the Italian Medical Magazine LeadershipMedica.com for his concept of cancer stem cells; he was named Legacy Laureate of the University of Pittsburgh for his work on alpha-fetoprotein as a marker for liver cancer; and in 2007 received the Abbott Award of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine for recognizing the role of stem cells in carcinogenesis. He has published over 400 papers and 12 books, including 6 editions of Immunology, Immunopathology and Immunity. His paper with Barry Pierce (Lab. Invest. 70:6-21, 1994.) was selected as an AACR scientific landmark.