Stem cells in human reproduction
Subtitle: basic science and therapeutic potential
By: editors, Carlos Simón and Antonio Pellicer.
Contributors: Simón, Carlos; Pellicer, Antonio
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Milton park, Abingdon, Oxon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780415397773
Subjects: Genitalia -- cytology; Reproductive health; Human reproductive technology; Stem Cells; Reproductive Medicine; Stem cells; Reproductive Techniques
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Female gamete differentiation. Molecular biology of the gamete / Danielle Vitiello and Emre U Seli. Differentiation of germ cells from stem cells Celso Silva, Lisa Salvador and Jerome F Strauss III. Stem cell support of ovary function and fertility / Joshua Johnson. Adult stem cells in the human ovary: hope or fiction? / Mónica Romeu, Carlos Simon and Antonio Pellicer. Adult stem cells in the human ovary / Antonin Bukovsky and Irma Virant-Klun; title: Male gamete differentiation. Signaling germline commitment / Shu-Hsin Chen and Niels Geijsen. Adult stem cell population in the testis / Herman Tournaye and Ellen Goossens; title: Other reproductive organs. Human embryonic stem cells: a model for trophoblast differentiation and placental morphogenesis / Thaddeus G Golos and Behzad Gerami-Naini. Bone marrow-derived stem cells in the human endometrium / Ivan Araujo Penna and Hugh S Taylor; title: New developments in human embryonic stem cell deivation. Selection of embryos for stem cell derivation: can we optimize the process? / Anna Veiga ... [et al.] Harvesting of embryonic stm cells aimed at embryo conservation / Takumi Takeuchi ... [et al.] Embryo-friendly approaches to human embryonic cell derivation / Irina Klimanskaya. Human embryonic stem cell culture in feeder-free, xeno-free conditions / Amparo Galán, Antonio Pellicer and Carlos Simon. Cell polarity, pluripotency and differentiation / Ana Krtolica and Olga Genbacev. Role of oxygen in early development and embryonic stem cell derivation / Olga Genbacev, Paolo F Rinaudo and Emin Maltepe; title: Reprogramming, nuclear transfer and imprinting. Nuclear reprogramming / Keith HS Campbell. Nuclear transfer and its applications in regenerative medicine / Vanessa Jane Hall and Miodrag Stojkovic