Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributing authors -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Induced pluripotent stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs): novel diagnostic platform / Tsvelaya, Valeria A. / Gam, Anna / Aziz, Jenna / Efimov, Igor R. -- 2. Preclinical large-animal models of cardiovascular regeneration / Navarengom, Keron / Ferrante, Elisa A. / Rasmussen, Todd E. / Boehm, Manfred -- 3. Cell-free therapy with stem cell secretions: protection, repair, and regeneration of the injured myocardium / Haider, Khawaja Husnain / Aslam, Muhammad -- 4. Myoblasts provide safe and effective treatments for hereditary muscular dystrophies, cardiomyopathies, type 2 diabetes, solid tumors, and aging / Law, Peter K. / Law, Danlin M. / Ye, Lei / Haider, Khawaja Husnain / Song, Shi Jun / Lu, Ping / Ma, Jian-Hua / Ren, Jun -- 5. Stem cells in ophthalmology / Riazuddin, S. Amer / Khan, Shahid Y. / Ali, Muhammad / Gottsch, John D. -- 6. Stem cells for ocular therapies / Riazuddin, S. Amer / Khan, Shahid Y. / Ali, Muhammad / Gottsch, John D. -- 7. Cell therapy for liver regeneration / Riazuddin, Sheikh / Baig, Maria Tayyab / Mehmood, Azra -- 8. Patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells for cardiac disease modeling / Cagavi, Esra / Caglar, Tuba Akgul / Haider, Khawaja Husnain / Soztekin, Gokce Ilayda -- 9. Role of stem cells on evolution: a hypothesis / Howard, Newton / Hamlat, Abderrahmane / Dubourg, |