Preface by Anna M. Wobus and Kenneth R. Boheler Factors Involved in Self-Renewal and Pluripotency of Embryonic Stem Cells.- Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Embryoid Bodies: An In Vitro Model for Eutherian Pregastrulation Development and Early Gastrulation.- Embryonic Stem Cells: A Novel Tool for the Study of Anti-angiogensis and Tumor-induced Angiogenesis.- Cardiac Repair by ES-Derived Cells.- Cardiomyocytes from Human Embryonic Stem Cells.- Autocrine and Intracrine Signaling for Cardiogenesis in Embryonic Stem Cells: A Clue for the Development of Novel Differentiating Agents.- Therapeutic Potential Stem Cells In Diabetes.- The Stem CellContinuum: A New Model of Stem Cell Regulation.- Markers of Adult Tissue-Based Stem Cells.- Designer Cytokines for Human Haematopoietic Progenitor Cell Expansion - Impact for Tissue Regeneration.- Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Isolation, in Vitro Expansion and Characterization .- Neovascularization and Cardiac Repair of Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells.- The Potential Use of Myogenic Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine.- Neural Stem Cells: On Where They Hide, In which Disguise, and How We May Lure Them Out.- Cell Transplantation for Patients With Parkinson’s Disease.- Post-Modern Biology: (Adult) (Stem) Cells are Plastic, Stochastic, Complex and Uncertain.