Tissue Engineering, Stem Cells, and Gene Therapies

Abstract

I: Perspectives For Tissue Engineering And Stem Cells. 1. Tissue engineering: confronting the transplantation crisis R. Nerem. 2. Human embryonic stem cells- realising the potential J. McWhir, A. Thomson, V. Sottile. 3. Human embryonic or adult stem cells: an overview on ethics and perspectives for tissue engineering P. Henon. 4. Stem cell biology and plasticity E. Kansu. II: Stem Cells In Tissue Engineering And Cell-Based Therapies. 5. Liver tissue engineering: successes and limitations V. Dixit, Y.M. Elcin. 6. Pancreatic islet and stem cell transplantation in diabetes mellitus: results and perspectives R.G. Bretzel. 7. Cell based therapy of chronic degenerative diseases of the central nervous system Ye.V. Pankratov, A.I. Ivanov, T.D. Kolokoltsova, Ye.A. Nechayeva, I.F. Radayeva, L.I. Korochkin, A.V. Revischin, S.A. Naumov, I.A. Khlusovi, A.I. Autenshlus. 8. CD 34+ cells in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation T. Demirer. 9. The effects of different growth factors on human bone marrow stromal cells differentiating into hepatocyte-like cells Y.-S. Weng, H.-Y. Lin, Y.-J. Hsiang, C.-T. Hsieh, W.-T. Li. III: Biomarkers For Tissue-Engineered Products. 10. Oxidative DNA damage biomarkers used in tissue-engineered skin H. Rodriguez, P. Jaruga, M. Birincioglu, P.E. Barker, C. O'Connell, M. Dizdaroglu. 11. Biomarkers used to detect genetic damage in tissue-engineered skin C. O'Connell, P.E. Barker, M. Marino, P. McAndrew, D.H. Atha, P. Jaruga, M. Birincioglu, M. Dizdaroglu, H. Rodriguez. IV: Biomaterials In TissueEngineering And Repair. 12. Design peptide scaffolds for regenerative medicine S. Zhang, C.E. Semino. 13. Progresses in synthetic vascular prostheses: toward the endothelialization M. Crombez, D. Mantovani. 14. Adhesion and growth of rat aortic smooth muscle cells on lactide-based polymers L. Bacakova, M. Lapcikova, D. Kubies, F. Rypacek. 15. Biodegradable copolymers carrying cell-adhesion peptide sequences V. Proks, L. Machova, S. Popelka, F. Rypacek. 16. Polymer based scaffolds and carriers for bioactive agents from different natural origin materials P.B. Malafaya, M.E. Gomes, A.J. Salgado, R.L. Reis. 17. Preparation and characterization of natural/synthetic hybrid scaffolds G. Khang, S.J. Lee, C.W. Han, J.M. Rhee, H.B. Lee. 18. Polyhipe polymer: a novel scaffold for in vitro bone tissue engineering M. Bokhari, M. Birch, G. Akay. 19. Pancreatic islet culture and transplantation using chitosan and PLGA scaffolds Y.M. Elcin, A.E. Elcin, R.G. Bretzel, T. Linn. V: Gene Therapy And Other Approaches. 20. Challenges and prospects for targeted transgenesis in livestock M.M. Marques, A.J. Thomson, J. McWhir. 21. Controlled release of bioactive agents in gene therapy and tissue engineering D.S. Keskin, V. Hasirci. 22. Interleukin 1 (IL-1) induces the activation of stat3 A. Arman, P.E. Auron. 23. The use of antibodies in diagnosis and therapy of cancer A. Muvaffak, Hasirci. 24. Detection of phage displayed peptides with blocking ability in vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) model B. Erdag, B.K.