Cellular transplantation
Subtitle: from laboratory to clinic
By: editors, Craig Halberstadt, Dwaine Emerich.
Contributors: Halberstadt, Craig.; Emerich, Dwaine F.
Publisher: Elsevier Academic Press; Academic Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 676
ISBN-13: 9780123694157
Subjects: Cellular therapy.; Cell Transplantation.; Tissue Therapy.; Central Nervous System Diseases -- therapy.; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases -- therapy.; Transplantation Immunology.
Description: Provides a thorough foundation of the basic science underpinning cellular transplantation, expert overviews of the state-of-the-art, and detailed description of clinical success stories to date, as well as insights into the road ahead. As highlighted by this timely and authoritative survey, scale-up technologies and whole organ transplantation are among the hurdles representing the next frontier. The contents are organized into four main sections, with the first covering basic biology, including transplant immunology, the use of immunosuppressive drugs, stem cell biology, and the development of donor animals for transplantation. The next part looks at peripheral and reconstructive applications, followed by a section devoted to transplantation for diseases of the central nervous system. The last part presents efforts to address the key challenges ahead, such as identifying novel transplantable cells and integrating biomaterials and nanotechnology with cell matrices.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.