Overview
- Editors:
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Irma Virant-Klun
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Clinical Research Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Covers both clinical and basic knowledge of stem cells in reproductive medicine
- Written by experts in reproductive biology
- Includes translational perspectives
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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- Myriam Martin-Inaraja, Cristina Eguizabal
Pages 1-24
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- Kazuhiro Kawamura, Tuyen Kim Cat Vo
Pages 71-85
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- Seema C. Parte, Moorthy P. Ponnusamy, Surinder K. Batra, Sham S. Kakar
Pages 87-108
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- Sabine Conrad, Hossein Azizi, Mehdi Amirian, Maryam Hatami, Thomas Skutella
Pages 125-153
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- Marija Vilaj, Branka Golubić-Ćepulić, Davor Ježek
Pages 155-177
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- Stefano Canosa, Andrea Roberto Carosso, Marta Sestero, Alberto Revelli, Benedetta Bussolati
Pages 179-192
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- Antonio Simone Laganà, Antoine Naem
Pages 193-216
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- Lucía de Miguel Gómez, Antonio Pellicer, Irene Cervelló
Pages 217-242
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- Mariusz Z. Ratajczak, Janina Ratajczak, Magda Kucia
Pages 243-262
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- Deepa Bhartiya, Pushpa Singh, Ankita Kaushik, Diksha Sharma
Pages 263-288
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- Taja Ramuta Železnik, Larisa Tratnjek, Mateja Kreft Erdani
Pages 289-323
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- Martina Perše, Željka Večerić-Haler
Pages 325-348
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Back Matter
Pages 367-368
About this book
This contributed volume gathers the latest knowledge in the field of stem cells in human reproductive organs, as well as animal models, and to consider the possibility of using this knowledge for clinical purposes. The scope of the book covers both clinical and basic knowledge of stem cells in both reproductive medicine (gynecology and obstetrics) and regenerative medicine as well as cellular and molecular medicine and reproductive biology. Chapters on basic stem cell knowledge in human reproductive tissues and organs or animal models are included, as well as clinical knowledge on their role in the manifestation of infertility and cancer and their clinical use.
Editors and Affiliations
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Clinical Research Center, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Irma Virant-Klun
About the editor
Prof. Irma Virant Klun, reproductive biologist and senior clinical embryologist, was employed for 25 years as the head of a very busy in vitro fertilization (IVF) laboratory at the Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic of the University Medical Centre Ljubljana. With her colleagues, she introduced almost all in vitro fertilization procedures into clinical practice, including preimplantation genetic diagnosis and cryopreservation of reproductive cells and tissues in young cancer patients for preservation of their fertility before oncotherapy. In this way, many children were born to couples with the most severe forms of infertility. As a senior researcher at the Clinical Research Centre she is now involved in the project of setting up a new biobank of biological samples and a central cell laboratory at the University Medical Centre Ljubljana. She is an active researcher, interested in infertility, reproductive biology, endocrine disruptors and especially stem cells in the reproductivetissues/organs for possible cellular therapies to treat infertility and is habilitated as a full professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana. She is currently the author/co-author of 94 peer-reviewed articles in the field of reproductive medicine.
