Stem Cell-Based Tissue Repair

Content: PART I: Stem cells sources for practical regenerative medicine; Clinical applications of stem cells; Embryonic and adult HSC; Adult non-hematopoietic stem cells: characterization, isolation; Screening Approaches for the Characterization of Stem Cells for regenerative medicine; Part II: TISSUE REGENERATION and STEM CELL ENGINEERING; MSC as vector for cancer therapies; Promises limitations in adult cell based tissue regeneration; Re-programming stem cells and induced adult stem cells; Culturing non-hematopoietic stem cells and requirements of GMP in stem cell based therapies; Stem cells as vectors of genes; PART III: ORGAN TRAGETTED TISSUE REPAIR WITH STEM CELLS; Regeneration of bone; Regeneration of cartilage; Stem cells based replacement tissue for muscle and heart repair; Regeneration of the vasculature; Regeneration of the pancreas/islets and liver; Treating neurodegenerative tissue with embryonic stem cells; Regeneration of the genitourinary system; Strategies to adjust immunomodulation by adult stem cells; Engineering of stem cell homing and labelling of stem cells