This book contains contributions of leading international scientists whoparticipated at the NATOASI conference Stem cells and their potential forclinical applic... » 

This book contains contributions of leading international scientists whoparticipated at the NATOASI conference Stem cells and their potential forclinical application that was held in Kiev and Simeiz Ukraine from August 23 31 2006. The articles cover a broad range of hot topics in stem cell andleukaemia research. Those include the potential of various stem cell types inregenerative and transplantation medicine different mechanisms of malignanttransformation leading to leukaemia development as well as novel clinicalstrategies for malignant disease treatment such as adoptive immunotherapy withgenemodified lymphocytes. The mixture of articles by principal scientists fromNorthern America as well as Eastern and Western Europe provides acomprehensive overview on Whats going on? in various parts of the world insuch broadly discussed fields as stem cell research immunotherapy or genetherapy. Thus this compilation should be valuable for readers interested inmodern biomedicine who have background knowledge in these areas. «