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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807773003321

Autore

Green Howard <1925-2015.>

Titolo

Therapy with cultured cells / / Howard Green

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore, : Pan Stanford, ©2010

ISBN

0-429-53376-4

0-429-06656-2

981-4267-71-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (92 p.)

Disciplina

616.0277

Soggetti

Cellular therapy

Human cell culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Early History of Cell Culture; Chapter 2. The Beginnings of Keratinocyte Cultivation; Chapter 3. The Treatment of Burns; Chapter 4. Defining the Stem Cell Character of Keratinocytes; Chapter 5. Treatment with Allogeneic Cultured Keratinocytes; Chapter 6. Treatment of Ocular Disease; Chapter 7. Gene Therapy; Chapter 8. Therapy with Cultured Chondrocytes; Chapter 9. The Promise of Therapy with Embryonic Stem Cells; A Final Philosophical Reflection; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Cultured cells for therapy are now being prepared by industries in the US, Japan and Korea and are used in the aforesaid countries as well as France, Sweden and Greece, for the treatment of disease. This title describes the discoveries in the author's laboratory that led to therapy with cultured cells.