Fetal Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine ― Principles and Translational Strategies

This book explores the regenerative properties of fetal stem cells, from feto-maternal cell traffic through perinatal stem cells, with a discussion of key topics including stem cell banking, drug screening,in utero stem cell transplantation and ethical considerations. The expertly authored chapters also delve into embryonic stem cells and fetal development models, fetal cell reprogramming, amniotic membrane stem cells, umbilical cord blood stem cells and culture methods, disease models, perinatal gene therapy, and more.

Featuring a foreword from the renowned Dr. Joseph Vacanti of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute,Prenatal Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine is the latest installment of Springer’s Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine series. It is essential reading for scientists, clinicians, residents and advanced students involved in stem cell research, regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, and related disciplines like embryology.

Dr. Dario Fauza received his MD from the University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Brazil, where he also received a PhD-equivalent degree and completed an internship and residencies on both general and pediatric surgery at its Hospital of Clinics. He then moved to the United States, where he completed different clinical and research fellowships, as well as postdoctoral training, at Boston Children's Hospital. He has an extensive bibliography, as well as a patent portfolio. His research is directed at developing original, more effective ways to repair birth defects, both pre and postnatally. To that end, he has pioneered and explored a variety of approaches, including fetal tissue engineering. Dr. Mahmud Bani received his PhD in neurodevelopment from the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Western Ontario, and conducted an NSERC postdoctoral fellowship in the Neural Stem Cell Laboratory at Robarts Research Institute in London, Ontario. He is currently a senior research officer in the Department of Translational Biosciences at National Research Council Canada and an adjunct professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Bani's ongoing research is to better understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurogenesis, and to develop neuroprotection and neuroregeneration strategies for the injured brain.