Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine

of Epithelial Stem Cells - Jonathan A. Nowak and Elaine Fuchs Regeneration of Skin and Cornea by Tissue Engineering Danielle Larouche, Claudie Paquet, Julie Fradette, Patrick Carrier, François A. Auger and Lucie Germain

Section V: Regeneration of the Musculoskeletal System Prospective Isolation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Mouse Compact Bone Brenton J. Short, Nathalie Brouard and Paul J. Simmons Isolation, Propagation, and Characterization of Human Umbilical Cord Perivascular Cells (HUCPVCs) Rahul Sarugaser, Jane Ennis, William L. Stanford and John E. Davies Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Isolation, Expansion, Characterization, Viral Transduction and Conditioned Media Production Massimiliano Gnecchi and Luis G. Melo Template DNA Strand Co-segregation and Asymmetric Cell Division in Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells Vasily Shinin, Barbara Gayraud-Morel, and Shahragim Tajbakhsh Isolation and Grafting of Single Muscle Fibres Charlotte A. Collins and Peter S. Zammit

Section VI: Regeneration of the Vascular System Differentiation and Dynamic Analysis of Primitive Vessels from Embryonic Stem Cells Gefei Zeng and Victoria L. Bautch Derivation of Contractile Smooth Muscle Cells from Embryonic Stem Cells Sanjay Sinha, Mark H. Hoofnagle, and Gary K. Owens

Section VI: Regeneration of the Pancreas and Liver Islet-Derived Progenitors as a Source of In Vitro Islet Regeneration - Stephen Hanley and Lawrence Rosenberg Isolation and Characterization of Hepatic Stem Cells, or "Oval Cells", from Rat Livers Thomas D. Shupe, Anna C. Piscaglia, Seh-Hoon Oh, Antonio Gasbarrini, and Bryon E. Petersen Reprogramming of Liver to Pancreas Shifaan Thowfeequ, Wan-Chun Li, Jonathan M.W. Slack and David Tosh. Melo Template DNA Strand Co-segregation and Asymmetric Cell Division in Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells Vasily Shinin, Barbara Gayraud-Morel, and Shahragim Tajbakhsh Isolation and Grafting of Single Muscle Fibres Charlotte A. Collins and Peter S. Zammit

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