InhaltsangabePart I. Policy Ethical Issues Associated with Pluripotent Stem Cells Steve Usdin A Researcher's Guide to Federally Funded Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research in the United States Gregory J. Downing Intellectual Property of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Mark L. Rohrbaugh Part II. Types of Pluripotent Cells Embryonal Carcinoma Cells: The Malignant Counterparts of ES and EG Cells Jonathan S. Draper, Harry Moore, and Peter W. Andrews Human Pluripotent Cells from Bone Marrow Felipe Prosper and Catherine M. Verfaillie Protocols for the Isolation and Maintenance of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Melissa K. Carpenter, Chunhui Xu, Christine A. Daigh, Jessica E. Antosiewicz, and James A. Thomson Subcloning and Alternative Methods for the Derivation and Culture of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Michal Amit, Hanna Segev, Dorit Manor, and Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor Part III. Differentiation Differentiation of Neuroepithelia from Human Embryonic Stem Cells SuChun Zhang Pancreatic Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells Nadya Lumelsky Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes: Derivation and Characterization Chunhui Xu and Melissa K. Carpenter Vascular Lineage Differentiation from Human Embryonic Stem Cells Sharon Gerecht Nir and Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor Hematopoietic Progenitors Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells Dan S. Kaufman Part IV. Therapeutics Human Embryonic vs Adult Stem Cells for Transplantation Therapies Calvin B. Harley and Mahendra S. Rao Genetic Manipulation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Micha Drukker and Nissim Benvenisty Human Therapeutic Cloning Jose B. Cibelli Therapeutic Uses of Embryonic Stem Cells Alexander Kamb, Mani Ramaswami, and Mahendra S. Rao Human Embryonic Stem Cells and the Food and Drug Administration: Assuring the Safety of Novel Cellular Therapies Donald W. Fink, Jr. Studies of a Human Neuron-Like Cell Line in Stroke and Spinal Cord Injury: Preclinical and Clinical Perspectives Paul J. Reier, John Q. Trojanowski, Virginia M-Y. Lee, and Margaret J. Velardo Appendix I: Cell Lines and Companies Involved with Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Appendix II: Useful Websites

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Part I. Policy Ethical Issues Associated with Pluripotent Stem Cells Steve Usdin A Researcher''s Guide to Federally Funded Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research in the United States Gregory J. Downing Intellectual Property of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Mark L. Rohrbaugh Part II. Types of Pluripotent Cells Embryonal Carcinoma Cells: The Malignant Counterparts of ES and EG Cells Jonathan S. Draper, Harry Moore, and Peter W. Andrews Human Pluripotent Cells from Bone Marrow Felipe Prosper and Catherine M. Verfaillie Protocols for the Isolation and Maintenance of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Melissa K. Carpenter, Chunhui Xu, Christine A. Daigh, Jessica E. Antosiewicz, and James A. Thomson Subcloning and Alternative Methods for the Derivation and Culture of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Michal Amit, Hanna Segev, Dorit Manor, and Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor Part III. Differentiation Differentiation of Neuroepithelia from Human Embryonic Stem Cells Su-Chun Zhang Pancreatic Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells Nadya Lumelsky Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes: Derivation and Characterization Chunhui Xu and Melissa K. Carpenter Vascular Lineage Differentiation from Human Embryonic Stem Cells Sharon Gerecht Nir and Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor Hematopoietic Progenitors Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells Dan S. Kaufman Part IV. Therapeutics Human Embryonic vs Adult Stem Cells for Transplantation Therapies Calvin B. Harley and Mahendra S. Rao Genetic Manipulation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Micha Drukker and Nissim Benvenisty Human Therapeutic Cloning Jose B. Cibelli Therapeutic Uses of Embryonic Stem Cells Alexander Kamb, Mani Ramaswami, and Mahendra S. Rao Human Embryonic Stem Cells and the Food and Drug Administration: Assuring the Safety of Novel Cellular Therapies Donald W. Fink, Jr. Studies of a Human Neuron-Like Cell Line in Stroke and Spinal Cord Injury: Preclinical and Clinical Perspectives Paul J. Reier, John Q. Trojanowski, Virginia M-Y. Lee, and Margaret J. Velardo Appendix I: Cell Lines and Companies Involved with Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Appendix II: Useful Websites