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Report confirms BioE stem cell first human cord blood stem cell to differentiate into lung cell

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, November 30th, 2006

BioE, Inc., a biomedical company providing human umbilical cord blood stem cells as enabling, high-quality cellular tools for drug discovery and therapeutic research, announced a report published in the latest issue (Vol. 8, Issue 5) of the journal Cytotherapy confirms its Multi-Lineage Progenitor Cell (MLPC) is the first human cord blood stem cell to differentiate into a type II alveolar lung cell.

Type II alveolar cells are responsible for secreting surfactant, a material that helps stabilize the lung's air sacs during respiration. The MLPC is a rare stem cell derived from human umbilical cord blood that was discovered by BioE and has shown the capacity to turn...

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