Table of Contents

Current Thoughts on the Therapeutic Potential of Stem Cell.-A Unique FACS Method to Isolate Stem Cells in Planarian.-Identification of Neural Stem Cells in the Drosophila Larval Brain.-Generation and Staining of Intestinal Stem Cell Lineage in Adult Midgut.-Developing a Quantitative In Vivo Tissue Reconstitution Assay to Assess the Relative Potency of Candidate Populations of Mouse Oesophageal Epithelial Cells.-Identification, Isolation, and Culture of Intestinal Epithelial Stem Cells from Murine Intestine.-Isolation and Characterization of Distal Lung Progenitor Cells.-Transplantation of Mouse Fetal Liver Cells for Analyzing the Function of Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells.-Convenient and Efficient Enrichment of the CD133+ Liver Cells From Rat Fetal Liver as a Source of Liver Stem/Progenitor Cells.-Assessing the Potential Clinical Utility of Transplantations of Neural and Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Treating Neurodegenerative Diseases.-Functional Identification of Neural Stem Cell-Derived Oligodendrocytes.-Stem/Progenitor Cells in Murine Mammary Gland: Isolation and Functional Characterization.-A Reporter Assay to Detect Transfer and Targeting of miRNAs in Stem Cell-Breast Cancer Co-Cultures.-Isolation, Culture and Osteogenic/chondrogenic Differentiation of Bone Marrow Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells.-Obtaining Freshly Isolated and Cultured Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Human Adipose Tissue.-Collection, Processing and Banking of Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells for Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine.-Generation of Functional Islets from Human Umbilical Cord and Placenta Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells.-Isolation and Characterization of Human Prostate Stem/Progenitor Cells.-Isolation and Expansion of Adult  Cardiac Stem/Progenitor Cells in the Form of Cardiospheres from Human Cardiac Biopsies and Murine Hearts.-Isolation and Differentiation of Human Cardiomyocyte Progenitor Cells Into Cardiomyocytes.-Isolation, Expansion andCharacterization of Human Islet-Derived Progenitor Cells.-Isolation and Characterization of Resident Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Human Glomeruli.-Endothelial Colony Forming Progenitor Cell Isolation and Expansion.-Isolation and Characterization of Stem Cell-Enriched Human and Canine Hair Follicle Keratinocytes.-Human Salivary Gland Stem Cells: Isolation, Propagation and Characterization.-Identification, Isolation, Characterization and Banking of Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells.-Isolation and Differentiation Potential of Fibroblast-Like Stromal Cells Derived from Human Skin.-Immortalization of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells with Telomerase and Red Fluorescence Protein Expression.-Genetic Modification of Mesenchymal Stem Cells.-Methodology, Biology and Clinical Applications of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells.-In Vitro Production of Enucleated Red Blood Cells from Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells.-Methods for Cancer Stem Cell Detection and Isolation.-Biocompatible Nanoparticle Labelling of Stem Cells and their Distribution in Brain.