TY - CHAP AU - Craig S. Atwood AU - Sivan Vadakkadath Meethal ED - Craig Atwood Y1 - 2011-04-26 PY - 2011 T1 - Human Embryonic Stem Cells: A Model System for Delineating the Molecular Basis of Human Embryogenesis and Aging-related Diseases N2 - Pluripotency is a prerequisite for the subsequent coordinated differentiation of embryonic stem cells into all tissues of the body. This book describes recent advances in our understanding of pluripotency and the hormonal regulation of embryonic stem cell differentiation into tissue types derived from the ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm. BT - Embryonic Stem Cells SP - Ch. 14 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/15540 DO - 10.5772/15540 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-20 ER -