Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are under intensive investigation for use in cell-based
therapies because their differentiation abilities, immunomodulatory effects, and homing …

Currently, one of the main threats to public health is diabetes mellitus. Its most detrimental
complication is diabetic nephropathy (DN), a clinical syndrome associated with kidney …

Exploring their role in the physiology of development and wound repair and
pathophysiologies such as cancer, this book describes the importance of biological electric …

Due to the limitations in the clinical application of embryonic stem cells (ESC) and induced
pluripotent stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are now much more interesting for …

New health technologies are rapidly emerging from various areas of bioscience research,
such as gene editing, regenerative medicine and synthetic biology. These technologies …

Objective Wharton's jelly (WJ), an appropriate source of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs),
has been shown to have a wide array of therapeutic applications. However, the WJ-derived …

Biomechanics is known to play an important role in cell metabolism. Cell phenotype, tissue-
specific functions, and fate critically depend on the extracellular mechanical environment …

While fossil fuel reserves have strengthened the economies of numerous countries in the
Greater Middle East (GME) for decades, multiple nations within this region are now …

In recent years, stem cells have generated much interest as a potential tool for
pharmacological and toxicology screening (CIRM 2008; ABPI 2008), due to various …

Recent advances in cell reprogramming have permitted the development of different stem
cell lines and specific differentiated cell types using distinct technologies. Cell …