edited by Satya Prakash (McGill University, Canada) & Dominique Shum-Tim (McGill University, Canada)

This is a comprehensive review of the current state of stem cell bioengineering from authorities in the field. The first part of the book includes the basic research work on stem cells and bioengineering carried out by various laboratories. The second part consists of a review of the current development of various microcapsules in stem cell therapy. The last part will summarize the overall clinical trials on stem cell therapy and myocardial regeneration as well as the most updated personal experience recently completed by well-known experts in this field.

• Introduction to Stem Cell Bioengineering (S Prakash)
• Cell Therapy for Respiratory Diseases: Optimizing Cell Delivery Strategies (D W Courtman)
• The Current State of Stem Cell Myocardial Regeneration from a Clinical Perspective (R C Chiu & D Shum-Tim)
• Stem Cell Therapy for Myocardial Regeneration: The Chinese Experience (R Kao)
• Genetic Approaches to Stem Cell Engineering and Therapy (N Kasahara)
• Engineered Soft Tissue Implants from Mesenchymal Stem Cells (J Mao)
• Microencapsulation to Improve Cell Delivery in Myocardial Cell Therapy (S Prakash & D Shum-Tim)
• The Mechanisms of Functional Improvement Using Stem Cell Therapy in Myocardial Regeneration (R C Chiu & D Shum-Tim)
• Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Heart Failure in Thailand (K V Arom)
• Artificial Cells in Stem Cell Bioengineering (S Prakash & H Chen)
• The Fate of Stem Cells after Myocardial Induction in Stem Cell Therapy (N Noiseux)
• What Do We Know About Stem Cell Immunology? (R C Chiu & D Shum-Tim)
• Microenvironmental Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cells (M Lutolf)
• Novel Use of Embryonic Stem Cells: Toxicity Testing (P Talbot)
• The First Clinical Experience of Allogenic Stem Cell Myocardial Regeneration Without Immunosuppression (J Hare)
• Guided Stem Cell Differentiations for Regenerative Bioengineering (S Li)
• Tissue Engineering of Cardiovascular Structures Using Progenitor Cells (D Shum-Tim)
• Hematopoietic and Endothelial Cell Development from Human and Non-human Primate Embryonic Stem (ES) Cells (D Kaufman)
• Genetically Modified Human Embryonic Stem Cells in Spinal Cord Development and Therapeutic Intervention During Spinal Cord Injury (B Zheng)
• Bioengineering of Stem Cells for Production of Blood (A D Donnenberg)