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Functional characterization of human mesenchymal stem cells that maintain osteochondral fates
3 Mar 2006
Abstract excerpt
Adult stem cells are essential for tissue renewal, regeneration and repair, and their expansion in defined culture medium is on focus for regenerative medicine and genetic pathologies. The bone marrow has been shown to be very rich is pluripotent mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) capable of forming bone, cartilage and also may give rise, to neurons and astrocytes in vivo and in vitro. MSCs can be isolated and...
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