Section 1 Heart
Introduction
1 Renovation of the Injured Heart with Myocardial Tissue Engineering
2 Adult Stem Cells for Myocardial Tissue Repair
3 Regeneration of the Functional Myocardium Using Human Embryonic Stem Cells
4 Therapeutic Angiogenesis
5 Cell Therapy for Heart Failure

Section 2 Neuro
Introduction
6 Cell Transplantation for Diseases of Myelin
7 Stem Cells as a Source for Cell Replacement in Parkinson’s Disease
aniel Offen, Yossef SLevy, and Eldad Melamed 97
8 Cell Replacement Therapy in Acute Stroke: Current State
9 Gene Therapy to the Nervous System

Section 3 Musculoskeletal
Introduction
10 Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Where Can You Find Them? How Can You Use Them?
11 Basic to Clinical Cartilage Engineering: Past, Present, and Future Discussions
12 Cartilage
13 Bone Regeneration
14 Osteoarthritis and Mesenchymal Cells – The Prospects for Repair of the Disease by Cell Transplantation and Tissue Engineering

Section 4 Kidney
Introduction
15 Progenitor Cell Therapy for Kidney Regeneration
16 Tissue Engineering – The Bladder

Section 5 Eye
Introduction
17 Neuroprotection in Ophthalmology: A Review
18 Autoimmunity for Central Nervous System Maintenance, Regeneration, and Renewal: Development of a T Cell-Based Vaccination Against Neurodegeneration
19 Retinal Repair by Stem Cell Transplantation
20 Induction of Ocular Surface Regeneration

Section 6 Pancreas
Introduction
21 Insulin-Producing Cells Generated from Nonpancreatic Tissues
22 Generation of Islets from Pancreatic Progenitor Cells
23 Embryonic Stem Cells as a Source of Pancreatic Precursors and Islet Cells In Vitro

Section 7 Hematology
Introduction
24 Human Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation: A Viable Option for Stem Cell Graft
25 Nonmyeloablative Stem Cell Transplantation in the Treatment of Hematologic Malignancies
26 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation from Human Leukocyte Antigen Haploidentical Donor

Section 8 Skin
Introduction
27 Wound Healing and Skin Substitutes
28 Skin Regeneration from Multipotent Adult and Embryonic Stem Cells

Index