Cell Therapy for the Treatment and Repair of Nervous System Damage

Understanding the cellular processes of neurogeneration, development, and repair has seen rapid advancement with breakthroughs in cell biology and stem cell research. As our understanding of the biological foundations of these processes have increased we now look to translate scientific findings into clinical therapies to help treat neurological and nervous system diseases and disorders. Cell Therapy for the Treatment and Repair of Nervous System Damage provides a broad ranging look of the research advances, practical aspects of developing treatments, and translating these efforts into clinical therapuetics.

Cell Therapy for the Treatment and Repair of Nervous System Damage is divided into three sections. The first section looks at the biological processes that underlie natural cell regeneration and how these processes can be used in the devo cell-based therapies. The second section reviews neural cell types and methods for obtaining these cells and their application in the development of treatments for specific disease. The final section looks at specific disease models ranging from Parkinson's Disease to traumatic spinal cord injury and the application of clinical cell-based therapuetics.

A thorough and comprehensive look at the field of neural cell therapy, Cell Therapy for the Treatment and Repair of Nervous System Damage will be an essential volume for advanced students, researchers and clinicians working in this field.