Historical Roots.- Multipotency and Tissue-Specific Stem Cells.- Stem Cells with No Tissue Specificity.- Stem Cell Niches.- A Critical Analysis of Properties Commonly Ascribed to Stem Cells.- The Stem State: Stemness as a State in the Cell’s Life Cycle.- The Stem State in Cancer.- MSC Therapy in Animal Models and in Regenerative Medicine for Human Diseases.
From the reviews: “Focusing on adult stem cells and mesenchymal cell populations, Zipori … describes the emergence of stem cell research and the dogmas created during the first decades of analysis of stem cell properties, especially those of hemopoietic stem cells. The volume also discusses common concepts relating to stem cell biology, with an emphasis on alternative view of stemness … . help researchers evaluate different issues.” (SciTech Book News, March, 2010)
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