Cell and molecular biology and imaging of stem cells : stem cells from the amniotic fluid and placenta / Amritha Kidiyoor, Sean V. Murphy, and Anthony Atala -- Biomaterials as artificial niches for pluripotent stem cell engineering / Kyung Min Park and Sharon Gerecht -- Low-intensity ultrasound in stem cells and tissue engineering / Byung Hyune Choi, Kil Hwan Kim, Mrigendra Bir Karmacharya, Byoung-Hyun Min, and So Ra Park -- Mammalian neo-oogenesis from ovarian stem cells in vivo and in vitro / Antonin Bukovsky and Michael R. Caudle -- Oct4-EGFP transgenic pigs as a new tool for visualization of pluripotent and reprogrammed cells / Monika Nowak-Imialek and Heiner Niemann -- Regulation of adult intestinal stem cells through thyroid hormone-induced tissue interactions during amphibian metamorphosis / Atsuko Ishizuya-Oka -- Stem cell therapy for veterinary orthopedic lesions / Anna Paula Balesdent Barreira and Ana Liz Garcia Alves -- Sex steroid combinations in regenerative medicine for brain and heart diseases : the vascular stem cell niche and a clinical proposal / Antonin Bukovsky and Michael R. Caudle -- Hair follicle stem cells / Hilda Amalia Pasolli -- The potential of using induced pluripotent stem cells in skin diseases / Shigeki Ohta, Ophelia Veraitch, Hideyuki Okano, Manabu Ohyama, and Yutaka Kawakami -- Mitochondrial differentiation in early embryo cells and pluripotent stem cells / Heide Schatten, Qing-Yuan Sun, and Randall S. Prather -- The role of centrosomes in cancer stem cell functions / Heide Schatten.