Stem Cells
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: January 15, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 474
ISBN-13: 9780125634557
Subjects: Cellular biology; Molecular biology; Cancer Biology; Cancer Research; Science; Medical; Biotechnology; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Oncology; Science / Cytology
First sentence: In this chapter, we consider some of the problems involved in current discussions on stem cells in adult mammalian tissues.
Description: Stem cells are early undifferentiated cells which then differentiate to form tissues. They are important to gene therapy and cancer development. As well as reviewing a variety of stem cell systems, this work describes the biology of stem cells, and molecular biological approaches to them.