Biomaterials as Stem Cell Niche by Sarah E. Stabenfeldt, Ashley Carson Brown (auth.),

By Sarah E. Stabenfeldt, Ashley Carson Brown (auth.), Krishnendu Roy (eds.)

Recent advancements in stem mobilephone biology have opened new instructions in cellphone remedy. This booklet offers the cutting-edge advancements in utilizing biomaterials as synthetic niches for engineering stem cells, either for the aim of higher realizing their biology below 3D biomimetic stipulations in addition to for constructing new ideas for effective long-term upkeep and directed differentiation of stem cells into a variety of healing lineages. Animal and human stem cells of either embryonic and grownup beginning are mentioned with purposes starting from nerve regeneration, orthopedics, cardiovascular remedy, blood mobilephone iteration and melanoma remedy. either artificial and traditional biomaterials are reviewed with emphasis on how material-stem phone interactions direct particular signaling pathways and finally modulate the mobile destiny. This ebook is effective for biomaterial scientists, tissue engineers, clinicians in addition to stem mobile biologists thinking about uncomplicated learn and functions of grownup and embryonic stem cells.

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