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Title:New Cell Differentiation Research Topics
Author:Hitoshi Saitama (ed)
ISBN:1600219373 : 9781600219375
Illustrations:b/w illus
Format:Hardback
Size:180x260mm
Pages:302
Weight: .84 Kg.
Published:Nova Science Publishers - January 2008
List Price: 85.99 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:BIOLOGY; LIFE SCIENCES


This new book presents research developments from around the globe in the field of cellular differentiation which is a concept from developmental biology describing the process by which cells acquire a 'type'. The morphology of a cell may change dramatically during differentiation, but the genetic material remains the same, with few exceptions. A cell that is able to differentiate into many cell types is known as pluripotent. These cells are called stem cells in animals and meristematic cells in higher plants. A cell that is able to differentiate into all cell types is known as totipotent. In mammals, only the zygote and early embryonic cells are totipotent, while in plants, many differentiated cells can become totipotent with simple laboratory techniques.

Therapeutic Potential of Differentiation in Cancer and Normal Stem Cell; Antioxidants in Differentiation of Leukemic Cells; Cancer Cell + Stem Cell = Cancer Stem Cell?; Marrow-Derived Stem Cells; 3D Modelling of Epithelial Glandular Differentiation and the Stem Cell Niche; Regulation of Mast Cell Development and Apoptosis by Th1 and Th2 Cytokines; The Big Brother of Blood: The need for Constant Video Surveillance of Individual Cells; Cell Differentiation of Ectomesenchymal Dental Cells; Follicle Cell Differentiation in the Wall Lizard Podarcis Sicula; Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Differentiated into Schwann Cells; Index.