Contributors

Numbers in parentheses indicate the pages on which the authors’ contributions begin.

Hidenori Akutsu (359), Department of Reproductive Biology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Setagaya, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan

Michal Amit (395), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, and The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Konstantinos Anastassiadis (541), Genomics, Technische Universitaet Dresden, BioInnovationZentrum, Am Tatzberg 47, 01307 Dresden, Germany

Anthony Atala (191, 281), Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1094, USA

Alex Benchoua (407), INSERM/UEVE U861861, ISTEM/AFM, 5 Rue H. Desbrueres, 91030 Evry, France, and Centre Development in Stem Cell Biology, Institute for Stem Cell Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JQ, United Kingdom

Przemyslav Blyszczuk (477), Present Address: University Hospital, Experimental Medical Care, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland

Ralph L. Brinster (87), Department of Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

Hal E. Broxmeyer (203), Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, Medicine, The Walther Oncology Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, and the Walther Cancer Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206

Joseph A. Brzezinski IV (53), Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Howard Y. Chang (249), Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

Xin Chen (249), Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Francisco

Shahar Cohen (579), Stem Cell Center, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel 31096, Israel

Scott Cooper (203), Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, The Walther Oncology Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, and The Walther Cancer Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206

Chad A. Cowan (359), MGH Center for Regenerative Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Center, and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Richard B. Simches Research Center, Boston, Massachusetts

George Q. Daley (501), Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School; Division of Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology, Children’s Hospital Boston and Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

Paolo DeCoppi (191), Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1094

Dawn M. Delo (191), Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1094

Yuval, Dor (149), Department of Cellular Biochemistry and Human Genetics, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel

Ryan R. Driskell (113), Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242

Daniel Eberli (281), Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1094, USA

John F. Engelhardt (113), Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242

Andy J. Fischer (53), Department of Neuroscience, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

John D. Gearhart (165), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

M. A. Goodell (237), Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, and Department of Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, and Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Stan Gronthos (73), Mesenchymal Stem Cell Group, Division of Haematology, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Michal Gropp (517), The Hadassah Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Center, The Goldyne Savad Institute of Gene Therapy and the Department of Gynecology, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel

X.-M. Guo (459), Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Tissue Engineering Research Center, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

David A. Ingram (203), Department of Pediatrics, and The Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202

Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor (395, 579), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel 31096, Israel, and Stem Cell Center, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel 31096, Israel

Gabriela Kania (477), Present Address: University Hospital, Experimental Medical Care, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland

Candace L. Kerr (165), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Gabsang Lee (425), Moore Laboratory, Cell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10021

Lucy Leshanski (579), Stem Cell Center, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel 31096, Israel

He Liu (73), Peking University School of Stomatology, Beijing, China

Xiaoming Liu (113), Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242

K. K. Lin (237), Department of Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, and Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Sally Lowell (407), Centre Development in Stem Cell Biology, Institute for Stem Cell Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JQ, United Kingdom

Jeremy J. Mao (297), Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University, Fu

Nicholas W. Marion (297), Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, New York

Laura E. Mead (203), Department of Pediatrics, and The Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202

Harald von Melchner (541), Department of Molecular Hematology, University of Frankfurt Medical School, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Douglas Melton (359), Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Amparo Mercader (341), Instituto Universitario—Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad, Plaza de la Policía local, 3. 46015, Valencia, Spain

Anna Milanesi (191), Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1094

Malcolm A. S. Moore (425), Moore Laboratory, Cell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10021

Andras Nagy (321), Mount Sinai Hospital, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, M5G 3H7, Canada, and Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology, University of Toronto, Canada

Jon M. Oatley (87), Department of Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

Christie Orschell (203), Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202

P. Artur Plett (203), Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202

Steven M. Pollard (407), Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Biology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QR, United Kingdom

Prithi Rajan (23), Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA, and Center for Stem Cell Research, Christian Medical College, Bagayam, Vellore 632002, India

Thomas A. Reh (53), Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Benjamin Reubinoff (517), The Hadassah Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Center, The Goldyne Savad Institute of Gene Therapy, and the Department of Gynecology Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel

Brent A. Reynolds (3), Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia

Rodney L. Rietze (3), Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia

Seth J. Salpeter (149), Department of Cellular Biochemistry and Human Genetics, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel

Frank Schniitgen (541), Department of Molecular Hematology, University of Frankfurt Medical School, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Insa S. Schroeder (477), In Vitro Differentiation Group, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany

Michael J. Shamblott (165), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Songtao Shi (73), Salivary Gland Disease Center and the Molecular Laboratory for Gene Therapy Capital Medical University School of Stomatology, Beijing, China

Jae-Hung Shieh (425), Moore Laboratory, Cell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10021

Minhaj Siddiqui (191), Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1094

Carlos Simon (341), Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, Avda. Autopista del Saler, 16-3. 46013 Valencia, Spain, and Fundacion IVI. Instituto Universitario—Instituto, Valenciano de Infertilidad Guadassuar, 1 bajo. 46015, Valencia, Spain

Evan Snyder (23), Program in Stem Cells and Regeneration, Center for Neuroscience and Aging, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, California 92037, USA

Edward Srour (203), Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202

A. Francis Stewart (541), Genomics, Technische Universitaet Dresden, BioInnovationZentrum, Am Tatzberg 47, 01307 Dresden, Germany

Sabine Sulzbacher (477), In Vitro Differentiation Group, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany

James A. Thomson (249), Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, Genome Center of Wisconsin and Department of Anatomy, Medical School, University of Wisconsin, Madison

X. Cindy Tian (459), Center for Regenerative Biology, University of Connecticut, Unit 4243, Storrs, CT 06269-4243

Thuy T. Truong (477), In Vitro Differentiation Group, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany

Diana Valbuena (341), Centro de Investigation Príncipe Felipe, Avda. Autopista del Saler, 16-3. 46013, Valencia, Spain

Kristina Vintersten (321), Mount Sinai Hospital, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, M5G 3H7, Canada

C.-Y. Wang (459), Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Tissue Engineering Research Center, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Anna M. Wobus (477), In Vitro Differentiation Group, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany

X. Yang (459), Center for Regenerative Biology, University of Connecticut, Unit 4243, Storrs, CT 06269-4243

Chunhui Xu (373), Geron Corporation, 230 Constitution Drive, Menlo Park, California

Mervin C. Yoder (203), Department of Pediatrics, and The Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202

Holm Zaehres (501), Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School; Division of Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology, Children’s Hospital Boston and Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, Massachusetts