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Applicability of cord blood-derived unrestricted somatic stem cells in tissue engineering concepts.
Cell proliferation - 1 Jun 2008
Degistirici O, Jäger M, Knipper A
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OBJECTIVES: 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. METHODS AND RESULTS: This type of somatic stem cell can be generated from cord blood with a current rate of 29% and we have...
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