Human Embryonic Stem Cells (Hardcover)

The Advanced Methods series is intended for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and established research scientists. Titles in the series are designed to cover current important areas of research in life sciences, and include both theoretical background and detailed protocols. The aim is to give researchers sufficient theory, supported by references, to take the given protocols and adapt them to their particular experimental systems. Since the first successful isolation and cultivation of human embryonic stem cells at the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 1998, there have been high levels of both interest and controversy in this area of research. This book provides a concise overview of an exciting field, covering the characteristics of both human embryonic stem cells and pluripotent stem cells from other human cell lineages. The following chapters describe state-of-the-art differentiation and characterization of specific ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm-derived lineages from human embryonic stem cells, emphasizing how these can be used to study human developmental mechanisms. A further chapter discusses genetic manipulation of human ES cells. The concluding section covers therapeutic applications of human ES cells, as well as addresses the ethical and legal issues that this research has raised.

General

Imprint:	Bios Scientific Publishers Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2004
First published:	February 2005
Editors:	Jon Odorico • Roger Pedersen • Su-Chun Zhang
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	424
ISBN-13:	978-1-85996-278-7
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > General Promotions
LSN:	1-85996-278-5
Barcode:	9781859962787

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