The Regeneration Promise : : the Facts Behind Stem Cell Therapies.

• Superior document: Medicine Demystified Series
• Author: Hollands, Peter.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : Bentham Science Publishers,, 2020.; ©2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Medicine Demystified Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (126 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- End User License Agreement -- Contents -- Preface -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Dedication -- A Bit of History -- Peter Hollands -- INTERESTING TIMES -- STEM CELLS ARE EVERYWHERE! -- Bone Marrow Stem Cells -- Back Again to 1956 -- Tissue Typing or 'Tissue Matching' -- From Embryos to Stem Cells -- From Mouse to Man? -- More Mouse Embryos! -- Stem Cells in The Blood -- Cord Blood Stem Cells -- Cord Blood Transfusion -- Human Embryonic Stem Cells -- Adult or Fetal Stem Cells? -- Umbilical Cord Tissue and Placental Tissue Stem Cells -- Fat Stem Cells! -- The Tooth Fairy and Stem Cells -- 'Man Made' Stem Cells -- INITIAL CONCLUSIONS -- KEY POINTS OF CHAPTER 1 -- Blood and Toil -- Peter Hollands -- 'BLOOD FORMING' STEM CELLS -- Bone Marrow Transplantation -- Haploidentical Transplantation -- Find the Match -- Bone Marrow Stem Cell Banks -- Preparation for Transplant -- Transplant Time -- Recovery -- It's Not Easy! -- 'TISSUE FORMING' STEM CELLS IN BONE MARROW -- Clinical Trials -- Four Phases -- BONE MARROW STEM CELLS AND HEART ATTACK -- BONE MARROW STEM CELLS AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE -- THE RIGHT STEM CELL AND A HOLISTIC APPROACH -- BONE MARROW STEM CELLS AND OSTEOARTHRITIS -- Clinical Trials -- BONE MARROW AND OTHER DISEASES -- KEY POINTS OF CHAPTER 2 -- A Bouncing Baby! -- Peter Hollands -- CORD BLOOD STEM CELLS -- Cord Blood Stem Cell Collection Process -- Cord Blood Stem Cell Storage Options -- Cord Blood Laboratory Processing -- Cord Blood Stem Cells Pros and Cons -- Cord Blood Stem Cell Double Transplants and Expansion -- Quality not Quantity -- Cord Blood Stem Cell Clinical Trial for Cerebral Palsy -- Cord Blood Stem Cell Clinical Trial for Autism -- KEY POINTS OF CHAPTER 3 -- Baby Blues -- Peter Hollands -- CHOICES -- Public and Private Cord Blood Banks.

The Development of Private Cord Blood Banking -- The Development of Public Cord Blood Banking -- Public or Private Cord Blood Storage? -- Cord Blood Guidance -- Whole or Processed? -- More Questions -- To Clamp or Not to Clamp? That is the Question… -- The UK Royal Colleges -- Umbilical Cord Blood Plasma -- That's a Nice Vein -- Peter Hollands -- PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELLS -- Potential Problems -- Improved Mobilisation Technology -- Clinical Trials Using Peripheral Blood Stem Cells -- KEY POINTS OF CHAPTER 5 -- The Vatican and More -- Peter Hollands -- A COMPLEX DEBATE -- Human Embryonic Stem Cell Production -- The Human Embryo -- Is There an Elephant in The Room? -- Clinical Trials -- A FINAL NOTE OF OPTIMISM! -- KEY POINTS OF CHAPTER 6 -- No One Likes the Dentist -- Peter Hollands -- OFF TO SEE THE DENTIST -- Milk and Adult Teeth -- Milk Teeth Collection -- Stem Cells from Adult Teeth -- Are There Enough Stem Cells? -- Tooth Implants -- Clinical Trial -- KEY POINTS OF CHAPTER 7 -- Who Are You Calling Fat? -- Peter Hollands -- FAT: GOOD OR BAD? -- Liposuction -- Processing of Fat Stem Cells Using Enzymes -- Processing of Fat Stem Cells Using A Mechanical Approach -- Caution is Needed -- Clinical Trials and 'Freeze Young' -- Fat Stem Cells and Osteoarthritis -- KEY POINTS OF CHAPTER 8 -- A Human Touch -- Peter Hollands -- MAN-MADE -- Good or Bad? -- Organoids -- Clinical Trials -- KEY POINTS OF CHAPTER 9 -- Baby is Back! -- Peter Hollands -- STEM CELLS IN TISSUES RELATED TO PREGNANCY -- Umbilical Cord Tissue -- Clinical Trials of Cord Tissue Stem Cells -- Placenta Stem Cells -- Amniotic Membrane and Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells -- Clinical Trials of Amniotic Membrane Stem Cells -- Research and Clinical Trial of Amniotic Membrane Stem Cells -- KEY POINTS OF CHAPTER 10 -- Kill or Cure? -- Peter Hollands.

STEM CELL TREATMENTS (CAVEAT EMPTOR: BUYER BEWARE) -- The Regeneration Promise -- Human Use -- Using Your Own Stem Cells -- Celebrity Endorsement -- There is Hope -- KEY POINTS OF CHAPTER 11 -- A Final Thought -- Peter Hollands -- SOME THINGS WORK SOME THINGS DO NOT -- Cord Blood Transfusion -- Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) -- Very Small Embryonic Like Stem Cells and Laser Technology -- Cell Reprogramming -- Exosomes -- Quantum Medicine -- Nanotechnology -- 3D Printing -- Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells -- Liver Stem Cells -- Recent Progress in Stem Cell Therapy of Heart Disease -- Anti-Ageing -- A Final Thought -- KEY POINTS OF CHAPTER 12 -- SUGGESTED FURTHER READING -- USEFUL LINKS -- Glossary -- GLOSSARY -- Subject Index -- Back Cover.