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Cord Blood
Research from O. Degistirici and co-researchers provides new data on cord blood
August 14th, 2008
According to a study from Bonn, Germany, "Cell-based tissue engineering concepts are becoming an important therapeutic alternative in the treatment of traumatic or chronic skeletal diseases. Here, we have evaluated cord blood-derived unrestricted somatic stem cells (USSCs) for use in bone and cartilage repair strategies." "This type of somatic stem cell can be generated from cord blood with a current rate of 29% and we have documented excellent proliferation potential to high passage numbers. The cells have an initial population doubling time of 39 h, which slightly decreased with increasing passage number, but cells maintained their proliferation abilities up to...
Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2008-08-14)
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