• Stem Cells
• 34 min
  1. Stem cells: immortality or a healthy old age?

  • Dr. Jim McWhir
• 40 min
  2. Mouse embryonic stem cells

  • Prof. Sir Martin Evans
• Regenerative Medicine (I)
• 26 min
  3. Stem cells and regenerative medicine

  • Prof. Dame Julia Polak
  • Dr. Anne Bishop
• 27 min
  4. Tissue engineering: the science, the technology and the industry

  • Prof. Robert Nerem
• 41 min
  5. Clinical potential of stem cells

  • Prof. John Martin
• 11 min
  6. Genes and cells therapy

  • Prof. Nagy Habib
• Regenerative Medicine (II)
• 39 min
  7. Stem cell therapy for the treatment of heart failure

  • Dr. James Willerson
• 35 min
  8. Vascular tissue engineering

  • Prof. Robert Nerem
• 43 min
  9. Stem cell biology and neurodegenerative diseases

  • Dr. Ronald McKay
• 17 min
  10. Cartilage stem cells: tools for joint repair?

  • Prof. Charles Archer
• Biotechnology
• 46 min
  11. Stem cell bioprocessing

  • Dr. Sakis Mantalaris
• 68 min
  12. Nanotechnology for tissue engineering

  • Prof. Thomas J. Webster
• 37 min
  13. Materials for tissue engineering

  • Dr. Molly Stevens
  • Mr. Julian George
• Commercialization
• 36 min
  14. Commercialisation of stem cells

  • Dr. Gareth Roberts
• Ethical and Regulatory Considerations
• 44 min
  15. Stem cell ethics

  • Prof. Dame Anne McLaren
• 23 min
  16. The human fertilisation and embryology authority

  • Dame Suzi Leather
• Archived Lectures *These may not cover the latest advances in the field
• 40 min
  17. Bioethics & politics of human embryonic stem cell science in the EU's 6th framework programme

  • Prof. Brian Salter

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Navigable Slide Index

1. Introduction
2. SC: types, human ESCs and therpeutic use
3. Review: a hundrad years of neuro-science
4. The neuron: a molecularly complex
5. Pluripotent cells in early mammals
6. Nestin identifies neural stem cells
7. Stem cells and plasticity
8. Neurons differentiation in vitro
9. Stem cells make real neurons
10. Fetal midbrain precursors generate DA neurons
11. ESCs make oligodendrocytes
12. Mouse ESCs generate midbrain dopamine neurons
13. DA and serotonin fates: controlled differentiation
14. ES derived dopamine neurons function in vivo
15. Microdialysis and PET measures of DA in vivo
16. Mouse ESC dervied 'islets' release insulin
17. Controlled differentiation of stem cells
18. Human ES-derived dopamine neurons
19. Cells that work for Parkinson's research

Topics Covered

• Types of stem cells: embryonic or pluripotent, somatic, fetal vs. adult
• Are stem cells a threat or a benefit?
• Neurons are molecularly complex
• Stem cells in the developing brain
• Stem cells in the blood
• Stem cells and plasticity
• Stem cells make real neurons
• Controlled differentiation of stem cells
• Neurodegenerative diseases and use of stem cells

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Series:

• Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Categories:

• Cell Biology
• Neuroscience

Therapeutic Areas:

• Neurology

Talk Citation

Publication History

• Published on October 1, 2007

Financial Disclosures

• Dr. Ronald McKay has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.