Essential Stem Cell Methods [Paperback]

This is a fast-moving field, and these detailed methods will help drive advances in stem cell research. The editors have hand selected step-by-step methods from researchers with extensive reputations and expertise.

This volume, as part of the Reliable Lab Solutions series, delivers busy researchers a handy, time-saving source for the best methods and protocols in stem cells.

* Provides powerful research opportunities for those interested in perusing work in pluripotent stem cells, disease modeling, and other aspects of basic stem cell research

* Refines, organizes and updates popular methods from flagship series, Methods in Enzymology

*Highlights top downloads, enhanced with author tips and tricks and pitfalls to avoidSection 1: Organ-Derived Stem Cells

1. Neural Stem Cell Isolation and Characterization
Rodney L. Rietze and Brent A. Reynolds
2. Neural Stem Cells and Their Manipulation Evan Snyder
3. Retinal Stem Cells
Thomas A. Reh and Andy J. Fischer
4. Dental Pulp Stem Cells
He Liu, Stan Gronthos and Songtao Shi
5. Spermatogonial Stem Cells
Jon M. Oatley and Ralph L. Brinster
6. Stem Cells in the Lung
Xiaoming Liu, Ryan R. Driskell and John F. Engelhardt
7. Pancreatic Cells and Their Progenitors
Seth J. Salpeter and Yuval Dor
8. Pluripotent Stem Cells from Germ Cells Candace L. Kerr, Michael J. Shamblott and John D. Gearhart
9. Amniotic Fluid and Placental Stem Cells Dawn M. Delo, Paolo De Coppi, Georg Bartsch, Jr. and Anthony Atala
10. Cord Blood Stem and Progenitor Cells Mervin C. Yoder
11. Purification of Hematopoietic Stem Cells Using the Side Population
K.K. Lin and Margaret A. Goodell
12. Microarray Analysis of Stem Cells and Differentiation
Howard Y.lcl