<p>1. The Mechanism of Stem Cell Differentiation into Smooth</p><p>Muscle Cells</p><p>Russell Simpson and Qingbo Xu </p><p> 2. Recent Advances in Embryonic Stem Cell Engineering Towards Tailored “Lineage Differentiation</p><p>Zhen Xu, Jingyu Wang, and Yanan Du<sup></sup></p><p>3. Human Amniotic Membrane: A Potential Tissue and Cell Source for Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine</p><p>Silvia Diaz-Prado, Emma Muiños-Lopez, Isaac Fuentes-Boquete, Francisco J. de Toro, and Francisco J Blanco Garcia</p><p>4. Novel Strategies Applied to Provide Multiple Sources of Stem Cells as a Regenerative Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease</p><p>Abir O. El Sadik</p><p>5. Hair Follicle: A Novel Source of Stem Cells for Cell and Gene Therapy</p><p>Panagiotis Mistriotis and Stelios T. Andreadis</p><p> 6. Genetically Modified Stem Cells for Transplantation</p><p>M. Ian Phillips</p><p>7. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: Basics, and the Application in Disease Model and Regenerative Medicine</p><p>Zhiyong Liu and Feng Li </p><p>8. Gene Transfer to the Heart. Emerging Strategies for the Selection of Vectors, Delivery Techniques and Therapeutic Targets</p><p>Michael G Katz, Anthony S Fargnoli, Louella A Pritchette, Charles R Bridges</p><p>Carolinas Healthcare System</p><p>9. Cell-Based Therapy for Cardiovascular Injury</p><p>Yuji Haraguchi, Tatsuya Shimizu, Masayuki Yamato and Teruo Okano</p><p> 10. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: New Advances in Cardiac Regenerative Medicine</p><p>Shinsuke Yuasa, Mitsushige Murata,<sup> </sup>and Keiichi Fukuda</p><p>11. Dendritic Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy</p><p>Nicolas Larmonier and Emmanuel Katsanis</p><p> 12. Mesenchymal stem cells: prospects for cancer therapy</p><p>Long-Jun Dai, Xu-Yong Sun, Garth L. Warnock</p><p> 13. RNA Interference for Oncology: Clinical Prospects Beyond the Hype</p><p>Eishi Ashihara and Taira Maekawa</p><p>14. Cell Therapy using Adult Stem Cells in Osteonecrosis and Nonunion Fractures</p><p>Jean-Philippe Hauzeur</p><p> 15. Stem Cell Therapies for the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries: Current Progress in Basic Science and Clinical Research</p><p>Hilary North and John Kessler</p><p>16. Pluripotent Stem Cells for Neural Regeneration</p><p>Syed Ameer Basha Paspala, Aleem Ahmed Khan,</p><p> 17. Synovial Mesenchymal Stem Cells and their Applications in Musculoskeletal Regeneration</p><p>Yvonne Peck and Dong-An Wang</p><p> 18. Stem Cell Therapy Aided liver Regeneration</p><p>Ningning Yang and Manrong Jiang</p><p>19. Application of Microfluidics of Study Stem Cell Dynamics</p><p>Huaying Chen and Robert E. Nordon</p><p> 20. Biomimetic Multiscale Topography for Cell Alignment</p><p>Kara E. McCloskey</p><p> 21. Spinal Cord Repair by Means of Tissue Engineered Scaffolds</p><p>Mindan Wang, Xiongbiao Chen, and David J. Schreyer</p><p> 22. Stem Cells in Ligament Tissue Engineering</p><p>Mukai Chimutengwende-Gordon and Wasim Khan</p><p>23. Biomaterials for Bone Tissue Engineering</p><p>Qizhi Chen</p><p> 24. Gene Therapy for the Inner Ear: Progress and Prospects</p><p>Hong Sun, Aji Huang, Hong Liu,<sup> </sup>and Shousong Cao<sup></sup></p><p><sup> </sup>25. Preclinical Studies on Growth Plate Cartilage Regeneration Using Chondrocytes or Mesenchymal Stem Cells</p><p>Rosa Chung and Cory J Xian</p><p>26. Cell and Gene Transfer Strategies for Vascularization During Skin Wound Healing</p><p>Benoit Hendrickx, Margot Den Hondt, Kristoff Verdonck, Jan J. Vranckx, and Aernout Luttun</p>