Editors:
- This volume presents an up-to-date compendium of major scientific breakthroughs on human diseases, drug screenings, personalized medicine and regenerative approaches by using stem cells to model or treat the disorders
- This book covers what would be the desired strategy for the years to come, by methodically dissecting limitations in our current methodology and understanding of stem cells technology
- This book also summarizes state-of-the-art technology (genomics and epigenomics, crispr/cas9, epigenetic tools, bioinformatics approaches, etc) that will push further the applicability and validity of the stem cell application in biomedical research
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This book looks at where stem cell technology is presently and how it is instrumental in advancing the field of disease modeling and cell transplantation. By focusing on major human disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, and heart disorders, the book summarizes the major findings in the field of human stem cells and dissect the current limitations on our understanding of stem cells biology. The chapters focus on the genetics, genomics, epigenetics and physiology of stem cells models, together with technological advances on molecular biology such as CRISPR/Cas9 or epigenetic editing, that will be instrumental in the future of human disease modeling and treatment.
In base of the limitations of current disease models and in front of the unmet necessity of finding therapeutical interventions for human disorders, the availability of stem cell technology has opened new doors for several fields. The unlimited self-renewal capacity and more extensive differentiation potential of stem cells offers a theoretically inexhaustible and replenishable source of any cell subtype. Since Professor Shinya Yamanaka described it, 10 years ago in his seminal paper, that somatic cells could be reprogrammed to inducible stem cells (iPSC) just by expressing four transcription factors, the field of has exploded, especially its applications in biomedical research.
Editors and Affiliations
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Duran i Reynals Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
Raul Delgado-Morales
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Stem Cell Genetics for Biomedical Research
Book Subtitle: Past, Present, and Future
Editors: Raul Delgado-Morales
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90695-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-90694-2Published: 09 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08076-1Published: 14 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-90695-9Published: 27 June 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 426
Number of Illustrations: 32 illustrations in colour
Topics: Stem Cells, Human Genetics, Molecular Medicine
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology