Isolation and Characterisation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Different Regions of the Human Umbilical Cord

Umbilical cords as a source of stem cells are of increasing interest for cell therapies as they present little ethical consideration and are reported to contain immune privileged cells which may be suitable for allogeneic based therapies. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) sourced from several different...

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Main Authors: Claire Mennan, Karina Wright, Atanu Bhattacharjee, Birender Balain, James Richardson, Sally Roberts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/916136