The gastrointestinal tract
Chapter 6 The gastrointestinal tract Introduction The digestion and absorption of food is a complex process, which depends on the integrated activity of the organs of the alimentary tract. Food…
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Metabolic aspects of malignant disease
Chapter 18 Metabolic aspects of malignant disease Introduction The clinical signs and symptoms in patients suffering from cancer are often directly related to the physical presence of the tumour. For…
Disorders of haemoproteins, porphyrins and iron
Chapter 17 Disorders of haemoproteins, porphyrins and iron Introduction Haemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying pigment of blood, consists of a protein, globin, and four haem molecules. Globin comprises two pairs of polypeptide…
Treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) with Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells
Fig. 3.1 (a) Infant admitted in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for a severe form of NEC with multiorgan failure. (b) Abdominal radiograph of a neonate with NEC showing diffuse…
Bone Regeneration Using Wharton’s Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Fig. 27.1 Processing procedures of umbilical cord blood (Baba K et al. Osteogenic potential of human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells cultured with umbilical cord blood-derived fibrin: a preliminary study….
Human Amniotic Epithelial Cells Transplantation for Contusive Spinal Cord Injury Repair
Nature of therapy Examples Pharmacological agents Methylprednisolone [2, 3], naloxone [4], ibuprofen [5] Physical/chemical agents Hypothermia [6], hyperbaric oxygen [7] Biological materials Omentum [8], iris, mitral valve, peripheral nerves, embryonic…
Bladder Reconstruction Using Amniotic Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Fig. 18.1 (a–h) The histopathological course of recovery for freeze-injured bladders. Longitudinal sections of the bladders at 1, 2, 4, and 6 weeks after the cell-implantation (upper) or the control-injection…
Treatment of Liver Disease Using Placental Stem Cells: Feasibility of Placental Stem Cells in Liver Diseases: Potential Implication of New Cell Therapy-Based Strategies for Hepatic Diseases
Fig. 14.1 Characterization of several placenta-derived stem cells. (a) Morphology of amnion epithelial cells (AEC), chorionic plate-derived mesenchymal stem cells (CP), villi-derived mesenchymal stem cells (CV), and umbilical cord-derived stem…
Manufacturing Perinatal Stem Cells for Clinical Applications
Fig. 30.1 The isolation method of placental MSC When the Brisbane cGMP facility became available (QGen) procedures were performed in clean rooms at Q-Gen, a Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) licensed…
Umbilical Cord Blood for Cardiovascular Cell Therapy
Cell type Advantages Disadvantages MNC Multipotent and autologous Limited expansion and high cell heterogeneity Skeletal myoblast Autologous, easy isolation and expansion Arrhythmogenic and lack of electromechanical coupling MSC Multipotent, autologous,…
