Includes bibliographical references and index.

Adult stem cells / Andreas Nussler, Saharol Sadat Sajadian -- Pluripotent stem cells / Hossein Azizi, Akbar Hajizadeh Moghaddam, Thomas Skutella -- Interactions of stem cells and components of the extracellular matrix / Anna K. Blakney, Julie J. Antetomaso, Winnie W. Leung, Deok-ho Kim -- Regenerative medicine and cell therapy : past, present and future / Hooman Sadri-Ardekani, Anthony Atala -- Principles of nanotechnology / Jerzy Leszczynski -- Stem cell nanoengineering : explorations in a rapidly moving field / Abhalaxmi Singh, Sanjeeb K. Sahoo -- Nanopatterned surfaces for stem cell engineering / Waleed Ahmed El-Said, Tae-Hyung Kim, Ki-Bum Lee, Jeong-Woo Choi -- Biomimetic nanostructures by electrospinning and electrospraying / Elham Vatankhah, Molamma P. Prabhakaran, Seeram Ramakrishna -- Nanoparticules for stem cell engineering / Esmaiel Jabbari -- Toxicology of nanobiomaterials / Shahin Bonakdar, Omid Mashinchian -- Stem cell responses to surface nanotopographies / Peng-Yuan Wang, Wei-bor Tai -- Control of mesenchymal stem cell fate by engineering the nanoenvironment / Habib Nikukar, Stuart Reid, Mathis O. Riehle, Adam S.G. Curtis, Matthew J. Dalby.

Delivery of molecules and genes/siRNA into stem cells by nanoengineering / Mohsen Ashjari -- Expansion of stem cells by nano-tissue engineering / Amir Mellati, Hu Zhang -- Nano-tissue engineering of neural cells / Sasan Jalili-Firoozinezhad, Fahimeh Mirakhori, Hossein Baharvand -- Nanotechnology and cardiovascular tissue engineering / Savneet Kaur, Upasana Rishiraj -- Nano-tissue engineering of musculoskeletal cells / Mohamadreza Baghaban Eslaminejad, Leila Taghiyar, Fatemeh Safari -- Nano-tissue engineering of skin cells / Daisy M. Ramos, Aditi Subramanian, Aja Aravamudhan, Matthew Harmon, Roshan James, Kottappally Thankappan Shalumon, Ahmed Nada, Sangamesh G. Kumbar -- High-throughput screening of stem cell self-renewal and differentiation on nanomaterials / Perry T. Yin, Tae-Hyung Kim, Jeong-Woo Choi, Ki-Bum Lee -- Nanotechnology for cellular imaging / Miroslaw Janowski, P. Walzcak, J.W.M. Bulte -- Advancing translational nanotechnology to clinical application / Michelle Griffin, Shima Salmasi, Nima Naderi, Peter E. Butler, Alexander M. Seifalian.

Stem Cell Nanoengineeringreviews theapplications ofnanotechnology in the fields of stem cells, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine. Topics addressed include various types of stem cells, underlying principles of nanobiotechnology, the making of nano-scaffolds, nano tissue engineering, applications of nanotechnology in stem cell tracking and molecular imaging, nano-devices, as well asstem cell nano-engineering from bench to bedside. Written by renowned experts in their respective fields, chapters describe and explore a wide variety of topics in stem cellnanoengineering, making the book a valuable resource for both researchers and clinicians in biomedical and bioengineering fields.

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