Tissue Regeneration

Scientists unlock mechanism for recovering autologous adult bone marrow stem cells

Published in Blood Weekly, June 20th, 2002

Scientists from Weill Medical College of Cornell University have discovered the mechanism by which a renewable source of autologous organ-specific adult bone marrow stem cells may be recruited.

While embryonic stem cells have been the subject of much recent attention and ethical debate, stem cells derived from adult bone marrow may prove to be even more suitable for therapeutic purposes, both as the key to blood vessel formation (angiogenesis) in tumors and as an alternative source of replaceable stem cells that can be used readily for fighting disease through organ regeneration and gene therapy.

The use of organ-specific stem cells from adult bone...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2002-06-20)

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