Stem Cell Biology (Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Series, 40)

Embryology, hematology, neurobiology, regenerative medicine, and of course the mass media are among the fields seething with excitement about stem cells. Here researchers from major laboratories around the world provide a broad foundation for understanding their biology, looking at general issues, early development, mesoderm, ectoderm, and endoderm. Among the topics are cell cycle control and checkpoints, the Drosophila ovary as an in vivo stem cell system, embryonal carcinoma cells as embryonic stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells of human adult bone marrow, neurogenesis, and stem cells in the epithelium of the small intestine and colon. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)