65. 



L. V. POLEZHAEV. 1977. REGENERATION (in Russian) 



Znanie, Moscow. Novoe v Zhizni, Nauke Tekhnike, Ser. Biol. no. 6. 64 pp., 7 figs. Ilk 



(paper) 



Brief survey of regenerative phenomena in animals, probably written for the educated 

 layman; only a few line drawings; non-Russian authors cited in text but bibliography of a 

 dozen Russian titles only. 



66. 



V. PREDA and O. CRACIUN. 1976. THE REGENERATION OF TISSUES AND OR- 

 GANS IN VERTEBRATES (in Rumanian) 

 Acad. Rep. Soc. Romania, Bucuresti. 317 pp., 124 figs. 



Very complete factual and theoretical survey of all aspects of organ and tissue regener- 

 ation up till about 1970; 7-page French summary, French table of contents; bibiography 

 of 1,450 titles, very rarely beyond 1971; illustrated mainly with photomicrographs; no 

 index. 



Symposium reports 



67. 



A. B. CAIRNIE, P. K. LALA, and D. G. OSMOND, eds. 1976. STEM CELLS OF RENE- 

 WING CELL POPULATIONS 



Academic Press, New York, etc. XVI, 389 pp., 102 figs., 25 tabs., subject index. $ 18.00, 

 £9.90 



This symposium was held in Montreal in October 1975. One of its major aims was to 

 bring together investigators from many disciplines to exchange information on stem cells 

 under normal steady state conditions as well as during development, ageing, regeneration 

 and neoplasia. Of the 38 participants, 27 were from North America, 10 from Great Britain, 

 and one from France. Most of the 26 contributions are surveys of recent original work 

 mixed with varying amounts of review material. 



The contributions are arranged in six sessions as follows (abridged): Intestine (6 papers). 

 Epidermis (3), Hemopoietic and lymphoid tissue (4+5), Testis (4), and Growth, ageing 

 and neoplasia (4, of which one on teratocarcinoma). Each session is concluded by an in- 

 formative digest of the discussions held. L. F. Lamerton has provided thoughtful opening 

 and concluding addresses. The volume is dedicated to C. P. Leblond. 



The book is produced in good offset print and very well illustrated. 



Collections of papers 



68. 



N. M. GORELIK, ed. 1976. PROLIFERATIVE PROCESSES AND REGENERATION (in 



Russian) 



Publ. House Moscow Univ., Moscow. Transactions of the Moscow Soc. of Naturalists vol. 



41. 184 pp., 44 figs., 31 tabs. 2R. 18K 



A collection of review and research papers by Russian authors; biography of L. Y. 

 Blacher; some other subjects; present status of the problem of regeneration (Liosner); 

 compensatory growth of salivary glands (Babaeva et al); liver regeneration in guinea pigs 

 (Rjabinina et al.) lung regeneration in anuran tadpoles (Romanova et al.); fundus regener- 

 ation in rat (Timashkevich et al.); similarity of budding and regeneration in Hydra (Zama- 

 raev); English summaries. 



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