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Non-hematopoietic human bone marrow contains long-lasting, pluripotential mesenchymal stem cells.
Journal of cellular physiology - 1 Jan 2004
Suva Domizio, Garavaglia Guido, Menetrey Jacques, Chapuis Bernard, Hoffmeyer Pierre, Bernheim Laurent, Kindler Vincent
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Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are considered as potential agents for reconstructive and gene-targeting therapies since they differentiate into various cell-lineages, exhibit an extended survival once injected into a host, and can easily be transfected with engineered DNA. MSC are essentially isolated from hematopoietic bone marrow (BM), a process that is rather invasive and may raise ethical concerns. In an...
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