Meet the editor

Dr. Mahmood S. Choudhery is Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences, working at the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory of the Department of Biomedical Sciences at King Edward Medical University. He received his BSc (Hons) from Punjab University and worked for his PhD at the National Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB), Punjab University, and the University of Arizona, USA. He continued his

research on stem cells at the University of Arizona in the Dr. David T. Harris Laboratory. At King Edward Medical University, along with teaching, Dr. Choudhery researches stem cell-based regenerative therapies. Dr. Choudhery is an editorial board member of several international journals of high repute and has published his research work in many leading journals.

## *Dedication*

To my Daughter, Hafsa, and my sons, Kashan and Affan. You are my love and the center of my world. To my mother and father who are the "wind beneath my wings."

Contents

*and Kenneth Mautner*

*and Ick Soo Kim*

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 41**

**Chapter 3 67**

**Chapter 4 93**

**Chapter 5 119**

**Chapter 6 137**

Hypoxic Preconditioning as a Strategy to Maintain the Regenerative

*by Bushra Bashir, Mahmood S. Choudhery and Ijaz Hussain*

The Rationale of Autologously Prepared Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate for use in Regenerative Medicine Applications *by Peter A. Everts, Glenn Flanagan II, Joshua Rothenberg* 

Adipose-Derived Stem Cells (ADSCs) and Growth Differentiation Factor 11 (GDF11): Regenerative and Antiaging Capacity for the Skin

Isolation, Activation, and Mechanism of Action of Platelet-Rich Plasma

*by Mikel Sánchez, Maider Beitia, Orlando Pompei, Cristina Jorquera,* 

*Pello Sánchez, Jorge Knörr, Francisco Soldado, Leonor López, Jaime Oraa, Ane Miren Bilbao, Nicolás Fiz, Jorge Guadilla,* 

*by Enzo Maria Vingolo, Laura Contento, Antonio Florido,* 

Application of Nanowires for Retinal Regeneration *by Davood Kharaghani, Zahra Tajbakhsh, Phan Duy Nam* 

*by Loubna Mazini, Luc Rochette and Gabriel Malka*

*Beatriz Aizpurua, Juan Azofra and Diego Delgado*

Regenerative Medicine and Eye Diseases

*Filippo Avogaro and Paolo Giuseppe Limoli*

Potential of Mesenchymal Stem Cells

and Its Applications for Joint Repair
