Abstract:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are an adult stem cell population that share some phenotypic characteristics with embryonic stem cells but lack the ethical or safety concerns associated with such undifferentiated cells. MSCs are located primarily in the bone marrow and to a lesser extent other tissues and can be positively selected, ex vivo culture expanded and are able to differentiate into the mesenchymal tissue lineage of osteocytes, chondrocytes and adipocytes. A precursor of MSCs termed mesenchymal progenit… Show more
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