Overview
- Provides the state-of-the-art developments in using biomaterials as artificial niches for engineering stem cells
- Gives a better understanding stem cell biology under 3D biomimetic conditions
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials (SMTEB, volume 2)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Recent developments in stem cell biology have opened new directions in cell therapy. This book provides the state-of-the-art developments in using biomaterials as artificial niches for engineering stem cells, both for the purpose of better understanding their biology under 3D biomimetic conditions as well as for developing new strategies for efficient long term maintenance and directed differentiation of stem cells into various therapeutic lineages. Animal and human stem cells of both embryonic and adult origin are discussed with applications ranging from nerve regeneration, orthopedics, cardiovascular therapy, blood cell generation and cancer therapy. Both synthetic and natural biomaterials are reviewed with emphasis on how material-stem cell interactions direct specific signaling pathways and ultimately modulate the cell fate. This book is valuable for biomaterial scientists, tissue engineers, clinicians as well as stem cell biologists involved in basic research and applications of adult and embryonic stem cells.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biomaterials as Stem Cell Niche
Editors: Krishnendu Roy
Series Title: Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13893-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-13892-8Published: 06 October 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26536-5Published: 14 December 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-13893-5Published: 30 September 2010
Series ISSN: 1868-2006
Series E-ISSN: 1868-2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 309
Topics: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Stem Cells, Biomaterials, Human Genetics, Medical Biochemistry