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Isolation of human mesenchymal stem cells from third‐trimester amniotic fluid
29 Aug 2008
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can be isolated in third-trimester amniotic fluid (AF) and their differentiation induced. METHOD: Sufficient numbers of MSCs were isolated from the AF of 15 healthy women undergoing cesarean delivery in the third trimester to be cultured and induced to differentiate into osteocytes. RESULTS: Reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction showed the...
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