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Control and Regulation of Stem Cells
(Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology LXXIIl)

Edited By Bruce Stillman, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; David Stewart, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Terri Grodzicker, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

© 2008 • 614 pp., illus., indexes
(Paperback edition does not include online access)
Paperback • $126 $63.00 • ISBN 978-087969862-1

Based on presentations by world-renowned investigators at the 73rd annual Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biology, this volume reviews the latest advances in research on the control and regulation of stem cells. The topics covered include nuclear reprogramming, regulation of stem cell self-renewal and differentiation, the stem cell niche, and signaling and gene regulation in stem cells. Studies of embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells are covered, along with research shedding light on the roles of these cells in regeneration and cancer. 

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Control and Regulation of Stem Cells
(Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology LXXIIl)

Edited By Bruce Stillman, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; David Stewart, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Terri Grodzicker, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

© 2008 • 614 pp., illus., indexes
(Hardcover edition includes online access; call for information and registration)
Hardcover • $310 $155.00 • ISBN 978-087969861-4

Based on presentations by world-renowned investigators at the 73rd annual Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biology, this volume reviews the latest advances in research on the control and regulation of stem cells. The topics covered include nuclear reprogramming, regulation of stem cell self-renewal and differentiation, the stem cell niche, and signaling and gene regulation in stem cells. Studies of embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells are covered, along with research shedding light on the roles of these cells in regeneration and cancer. 

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The TGF-β Family
(Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Series 50)

Edited By Rik Derynck, University of California, San Francisco; Kohei Miyazono, University of Tokyo

© 2008 • 1,114 pp., illus., index
Hardcover • $135 $67.50 • ISBN 978-087969752-5

TGF-β is the prototype of a protein superfamily which, in humans, contains at least 35 members, including activins, inhibins, bone morphogenetic proteins, growth/differentiation factors, and Müllerian inhibiting substance. This monograph draws on the world’s leading laboratories to comprehensively cover all aspects of the biology of TGF-β and serve as a reference work for both specialists and researchers less familiar with the field.

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Molecular Biology of Aging
(Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Series 51)

Edited By Leonard P. Guarente, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; Linda Partridge, University College London, UK; Douglas C. Wallace, University of California, Irvine

© 2008 • 610 pp., illus., index
Hardcover • $135 $67.50 • ISBN 978-087969824-9

Research into the causes of aging, and strategies to delay that process, have gained much ground and attention in recent years. This volume covers the major threads in the molecular genetics of aging, including genes that regulate aging, causes of aging, evolutionary theories of aging, and the relationship between diet and aging. Among specific topics covered are calorie restriction, mitochondria, sirtuins, telomeres, stem cells, and cancer. Each chapter is written by one or more leaders in the field, and the book presents the current status of this exciting research area and provides an invaluable source of information in a single volume.

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Adult Neurogenesis
(Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Series 52)

Edited By Fred H. Gage, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, California; Gerd Kempermann, Center for Regenerative Therapies, Dresden, Germany; Hongjun Song, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

© 2008 • 673 pp., illus, index
Hardcover • $135 $67.50 • ISBN 978-087969784-6

The idea that the adult brain of mammals can generate new neurons has only recently been accepted by the scientific community, and research in this exciting area is now in full swing. Bringing together leading researchers in the field of adult neurogenesis, the 30 chapters in this monograph provide a valuable overview of this emerging field and lay the groundwork for future studies. Adult Neurogenesis includes discussions on neural stem cell biology; methods and models for studying adult neurogenesis; physiological and molecular processes and their control; related neurological diseases; and comparisons of neurogenesis in humans, birds, fish, and invertebrates. It will be of interest to all researchers in neurobiology as well as those in the medical field, as it has implications for understanding depression, epilepsy, and other psychiatric disorders.

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Gene Transfer: Delivery and Expression of DNA and RNA, A Laboratory Manual

Edited By Theodore Friedmann, University of California, San Diego; John Rossi, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, California

© 2007 • 793 pp., illus., appendix, index
Paperback • $167 $41.75 • ISBN 978-087969765-5

Understanding gene function and regulation requires rigorous testing in live cells and organisms. Recent advances have provided a variety of new strategies for delivering DNA and RNA into cells and probing their expression, as well as new clinical applications that rely upon the introduction of genetic material. The vast number of available techniques for clinical and laboratory research often makes selecting the optimal method a difficult process. Gene Transfer: Delivery and Expression of DNA and RNA provides the first comprehensive guide to technical approaches for delivering nucleic acids into cells and organisms and of ensuring (even manipulating) appropriate expression. The detailed, step-by-step protocols cover a variety of methods, both well established and newly evolving. These include viral and nonviral methods of gene delivery, transgenic approaches, strategies for the regulation of transgene expression, and modification of the host response. The introductory matter to each chapter includes concise technical and theoretical discussions with considerations for selection of the appropriate system and strategies for delivery.

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Gene Transfer: Delivery and Expression of DNA and RNA, A Laboratory Manual

Edited By Theodore Friedmann, University of California, San Diego; John Rossi, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, California

© 2007 • 793 pp., illus., appendix, index
Hardcover • $263 $65.75 • ISBN 978-087969764-8

Understanding gene function and regulation requires rigorous testing in live cells and organisms. Recent advances have provided a variety of new strategies for delivering DNA and RNA into cells and probing their expression, as well as new clinical applications that rely upon the introduction of genetic material. The vast number of available techniques for clinical and laboratory research often makes selecting the optimal method a difficult process. Gene Transfer: Delivery and Expression of DNA and RNA provides the first comprehensive guide to technical approaches for delivering nucleic acids into cells and organisms and of ensuring (even manipulating) appropriate expression. The detailed, step-by-step protocols cover a variety of methods, both well established and newly evolving. These include viral and nonviral methods of gene delivery, transgenic approaches, strategies for the regulation of transgene expression, and modification of the host response. The introductory matter to each chapter includes concise technical and theoretical discussions with considerations for selection of the appropriate system and strategies for delivery.

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The Dog and Its Genome
(Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Series 44)

Edited By Elaine A. Ostrander, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH; Urs Giger, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

© 2006 • 584 pp., illus., index
Hardcover • $139 • ISBN 978-087969742-6

Dogs of different breeds can range remarkably in size, shape, and behavior, and yet they all carry essentially the same genome, making them a particularly fascinating model for genome plasticity. The recent release of the complete sequence of the dog genome provides an exciting new context in which to consider such variation. Twenty–five chapters written by experts in the field include various aspects of morphological and behavioral variation in dogs, their origins and domestication, and their unique value as a model system for many common but complex human diseases such as diabetes and cancer.

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Molecular Approaches to Controlling Cancer
(Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology LXX)

Edited By Bruce Stillman, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; David Stewart, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

© 2005 • 538 pp., illus., index
(Paperback edition does not include online access)
Paperback • $126 $25.20 • ISBN 978-087969774-7

The 2005 Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biology focused on molecular strategies aimed at understanding and controlling the cancerous state. The resulting volume, with contributions from the world’s leading laboratories, covers many aspects of cancer genetics, including DNA repair, telomeres, animal models, stem cells, and therapeutic approaches.

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Molecular Approaches to Controlling Cancer
(Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology LXX)

Edited By Bruce Stillman, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; David Stewart, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

© 2005 • 538 pp., illus., index
(Hardcover edition includes online access; call for information and registration)
Hardcover • $310 $62.00 • ISBN 978-087969773-0

The 2005 Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biology focused on molecular strategies aimed at understanding and controlling the cancerous state. The resulting volume, with contributions from the world’s leading laboratories, covers many aspects of cancer genetics, including DNA repair, telomeres, animal models, stem cells, and therapeutic approaches.