two basic and clinical researches accomplished during the recent years on embryonic and adult stem cells constituted a mutation in regenerative therapy. these cells can be used for treating some degenerative diseases. between them, age-related functional defects, hematopoietic and immune system disorders, heart failures, chronic liver injuries, diabetes, parkinson’s and alzheimer’s diseases, ar...

diabetes: Not only is every digestive organ potentially affected by diabetes, but the liver and exocrine pancreas may also have a modulating if not causal role in the development of diabetes. Physiological abnormalities associated with diabetes have been described in every part of the digestive tract where measurements can be made. This chapter focuses on the relationships between diabetes and ...

1 Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, China 2 Intra-Abdominal Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Westchester Medical Center of New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA 3Department of Transplantation and Hepatic Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, S...