1. Stem cell therapy in the context of chronic liver disease : promise and pitfalls / Prakash Ramachandran and John P. Iredale -- 2. Sources of human liver cells and the challenge of working with primary tissue / Janet W.C. Kung and James A. Ross -- 3. Role of pluripotent stem cells in regenerative medicine / Eriona Hysolli. [et al.] -- 4. Human liver development as a template to generate high fidelity models / Claire N. Medine. [et al.] -- 5. Applying pluripotent stem cell technology to modelling human liver disease / Nicholas R.F. Hannan, S. Tamir Rashid and Ludovic Vallier -- 6. Applying stem cell technology to high through-put drug screening / Mia Emgard and Petter Bjorquist -- 7. Stem cells in the development of products for regenerative medicine / Paul A. De Sousa, Scott McRae and Glyn Stacey -- 8. Cells for bioartificial liver support / Humphrey Hodgson, Amy Thomas and Clare Selden -- 9. Stem cell technology and cell based therapies / Nicholas James Davies and Philip Noel Newsome -- 10. Advances in cell therapy for liver disease / Luke Boulter -- 11. Technical and bioethical challenges associated with using stem cells for research and therapy / Jordi L. Tremoleda, Itziar de Lecuona and Sian E. Harding.