Human Bone Marrow–Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Do Not Undergo Transformation after Long-term<i>In vitro</i>Culture and Do Not Exhibit Telomere Maintenance Mechanisms

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Significant improvement in the understanding of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) biology has opened the way to their clinical use. However, concerns regarding the possibility that MSCs undergo malignant transformation have been raised. We investigated the susceptibility to transformation of human bone marrow (BM)-derived MSCs at different in vitro culture time points. MSCs were isolated from BM of 10 healthy donors...

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