1. A general review of the current knowledge of stem cell therapy for lung disorders / Daniel J. Weiss -- 2. Development of the lung : clues for regeneration and repair / Sheila G. Haworth and Alison A. Hislop -- 3. Epithelial-mesenchymal interactions during lung development and their potential relevance to lung repair / Alexandra Firsova [und weitere] -- 4. Epithelial progenitor cells of the mammalian lung / Roxana M. Teisanu, Joshua C. Snyder and Barry R. Stripp -- 5. Safety of exogenous stem cells / Elizabeth K. Sage, Michael R. Loebinger and Sam M. Janes -- 6. Lung stem cell bioprocessing : fundamentals of producing lung cells / Siti Norhayati Ismail, Julia M. Polak and Anastasios Mantalaris -- 7. Lung repair and regeneration - animal models / Hiroshi Kubo -- 8. Fibrocytes (reactive or reparative) / Alberto Bellini and Sabrina Mattoli -- 9. Three-dimensional pulmonary constructs / Christine M. Finck, Blair Roszell and Peter I. Lelkes -- 10. Stem cells as vehicles for gene therapy in lung repair / Shirley H.J. Mei and Duncan J. Stewart -- 11. Repair of the lung epithelium in cystic fibrosis / Viranuj Sueblinvong and Daniel J. Weiss -- 12. Pulmonary hypertension and stem cell therapy / Manoj M. Lalu, Rohit Moudgil and Duncan J. Stewart -- 13. Molecular induction of alveolar regeneration / Matthew Hind and Siân Stinchcombe -- 14. Assessment of cell engraftment / Robert Zweigerdt and William Rust -- 15. In Vivo imaging for cell therapy / Richard Newton and Guang-Zhong Yang -- 16. Haematopoietic transplantation and pulmonary chimerism / Benjamin T. Suratt -- 17. Stem cells and lung cancer / Arielle C. Lebrenne, Shahriar Islam and Malcolm R. Alison