Direct Cardiac Reprogramming: Current Status and Future Prospects -- Stem Cell-Based Therapeutic Approaches in Genetic Diseases -- Gene Therapeutic Delivery to the Salivary Glands -- Cancer Stem Cells and Their Therapeutic Usage -- Rafting on the Plasma Membrane: Lipid Rafts in Signaling and Disease -- Sounding a New Era in Biomechanics with Acoustic Force Spectroscopy -- Drug Therapeutics Delivery to the Salivary Glands: Intraglandular and Intraductal Injections -- Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy: What We Know and What We Need to Know -- Vitamin A Deficiency, COVID-19, and Rhino-Orbital Mycormycosis (Black Fungus): An Analytical Perspective -- Treatment Strategies for Multiple Myeloma Treatment and the Role of High-Throughput Screening for Precision Cancer Therapy. .

Much research has focused on the basic cellular and molecular biological aspects of stem cells. Much of this research has been fueled by their potential for use in regenerative medicine applications, which has in turn spurred growing numbers of translational and clinical studies. However, more work is needed if the potential is to be realized for improvement of the lives and well-being of patients with numerous diseases and conditions. This book series 'Cell Biology and Translational Medicine (CBTMED)' as part of Springer Nature's longstanding and very successful Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology book series, has the goal to accelerate advances by timely information exchange. Emerging areas of regenerative medicine and translational aspects of stem cells are covered in each volume. Outstanding researchers are recruited to highlight developments and remaining challenges in both the basic research and clinical arenas. This current book is the 20th volume of a continuing series.