Therefore, these labs allow students to perform ""real research"" trying to decipher the normal cellular function of this novel protein.

The book closes with a look into the future of translational stem cell research and stem cell-based therapeutic applications.

Today it contributes to the development of new therapies and affects increasingly many social arenas. The matrix approach introduced in this book offers a new understanding of this science in its relation to society.

This timely book compares the impact of public and private research funding and discusses approaches to appropriate research oversight.

Ethical concerns prevailed. The present volume follows the controversial discussions on stem cells in Italy and Germany, respectively, over the past 15 years. It aims at an assessment of the situation, and its method is comparative.