The Cell Biology of Stem Cells

Book Overview

Stem cells have been gaining a lot of attention in recent years. Their unique potential to self-renew and differentiate has turned them into an attractive model for the study of basic biological questions such as cell division, replication, transcription, cell fate decisions, and more. With embryonic stem (ES) cells that can generate each cell type in the mammalian body and adult stem cells that are able to give rise to the cells within a given lineage,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1489978062
• ISBN13: 9781489978066
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"