In introducing two dozen contributions, Helgason (cancer endocrinology, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Canada) and Miller (StemCell Technologies, Inc., Vancouver, BC) note that this laboratory manual is not intended to educate tissue cell culturists on any specific cell type or organ system. Rather, they offer step-by- step instructions on methodologies and equipment needed to enable biomedical researchers to isolate, culture, characterize, and maintain major primary cell types including stem cells. New techniques covered include leukocyte rolling and scalable production of ES-derived cells. The companion CD contains the text in an eBook/PDA version requiring Adobe Reader 6.0. Dates for previous editions are not given. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR