Preface -- I Treatments -- The Use of Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Treating Neurodegenerative Diseases -- HIV Infection and Adipose Tissue Resident Stem Cells: Their Involvement in Pathology and Treatment -- Transplantation of CCR5-Δ32/ Δ32 Stem Cells May Cure HIV Infection -- Transplantation of Stem Cells to Treat Patients with Multiple Sclerosis -- II General Applications -- Progress from Embryonic Stem Cells to Transduced Pluripotent Stem Cells An Overview -- Cancer Stem Cell Dynamics and Regulation -- Role of Stem Cells in Angiogenesis -- Glioblastoma Multiforme Stem Cell Characteristics -- Stem Cell Markers -- Index.