Cell and tissue transplantation is one of the most exciting and rapidly expanding areas in medicine. This first edition of the Yearbook of Cell and Tissue Transplantation summarizes the latest advances in this revolutionary field, including developments in tissue engineering and transplantation of hybrid organs and tissues, while reviewing those data which, while not new, add to the usefulness of this work as a comprehensive reference.
The justification for yearbooks is greater than ever as we approach the third millennium, overwhelmed with information. In view of the important and rapid changes occurring in this area, a new edition of this yearbook will appear periodically.
The editors' careers at Harvard Medical School guarantee the quality of this book. The authors, too, are uniformly drawn from the highest rank of an unusually dedicated and heterogeneous professional group.
from the Foreword by Thomas E. Starzl, Honorary President, The CellTransplant Society:
`No major topic in the global field is left uncovered . . . the result will be a feast for those already well informed, and a life raft for those who are not. '
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Section I: Bone Marrow and Stem Cells. - 1. Bone marrow transplantation. - 2. Circulating hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. - 3. Current status of allogeneic and autologous blood and marrow transplantation: Report from the IBMTR and ABMTR North America. - Section II: Cartilage, Bone and Muscle. - 4. Bone and cartilage transplantation. - 5. Chondrocytes. - 6. Myoblast transplantation. - 7. Skeletal muscle transplantation. - Section III: Chromaffin Cells. - 8. Chromaffin cell transplants in the CNS: Basic and clinical update. - Section IV: Corneal Transplantation. - 9. Corneal transplantation. - Section V: Fetal tissue. - 10. Fetal tissue tranplantation. - Section VI: Germ Cells. - 11. Transplantation of spermatogonial stem cells. - Section VII: Hepatocytes. - 12. Hepatocyte transplantation. - Section VIII: Islets of Langerhans. - 13. Clinical islet transplantation. - 14. Experimental islet transplantation. - 15. International islet transplant registry report. - Section IX: Neural Transplantation. - 16. Cell transplantation: Brain. - 17. Neural transplantation: Spinal cord. - Section X: Pituitary Cells. - 18. Pituitary cell transplantation. - Section XI: Retinal Cells. - 19. Retinal cell transplantation. - Section XII: Skin. - 20. Cultured epidermal and dermal skin replacements. - 21. The transplantation of endothelial cells. - 22. Epidermal cell transplantation. - Section XIII: Tissue Engineering / Hybrid Tissues. - 23. Tissue engineering: Cartilage, bone and muscle. - 24. Tissue engineering: Liver. - 25. Pancreas. - 26. Tissue Engineering: Skin. - 27. Tissue engineering: Tubular tissues. - 28. Tissue engineering: Vascular system. - Section XIV: Chimerism and Tolerance. - 29. Hematopoietic cell transplantation for tolerance induction. - List of contributors.
