• Amniotic stem cells are the mixture of stem cells that can be obtained from the amniotic fluid as well as the amniotic membrane. They can develop into...
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    different cell-types, including brain, liver and bone. It is possible to conserve the stem cells extracted from amniotic fluid in private stem cells banks...
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    multicellular organisms, stem cells are undifferentiated or partially differentiated cells that can change into various types of cells and proliferate indefinitely...
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    stem cells. Not all stem cell research involves human embryos. For example, adult stem cells, amniotic stem cells, and induced pluripotent stem cells...
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    utilizing amniotic stem cells. Research has shown that cells from second trimester amniotic fluid are successful at differentiating into various cell lines...
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  • An amniotic stem cell bank is a facility that stores stem cells derived from amniotic fluid for future use. Stem cell samples in private (or family) banks...
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    PMIDĀ 7565548. Weiss, Rick (2007-01-08). "Scientists See Potential In Amniotic Stem Cells". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-04-23. De Coppi, Paolo; Bartsch...
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    of stem cells. Chorionic stem cells, like amniotic stem cells, are uncontroversial multipotent stem cells. Recent studies indicate that the chorionic...
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  • An amniotic epithelial cell is a form of stem cell extracted from the lining of the inner membrane of the placenta. Amniotic epithelial cells start to...
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  • embryo, and such research involves adult stem cells, amniotic stem cells, and induced pluripotent stem cells. In January 2009, the US Food and Drug Administration...
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    Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) also known as mesenchymal stromal cells or medicinal signaling cells, are multipotent stromal cells that can differentiate...
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    A stem cell line is a group of stem cells that is cultured in vitro and can be propagated indefinitely. Stem cell lines are derived from either animal...
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    Limbal stem cell proliferation has the role of maintaining the cornea; for example, by replacing cells that are lost via tears. Additionally, these cells also...
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  • Stem cell markers are genes and their protein products used by scientists to isolate and identify stem cells. Stem cells can also be identified by functional...
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    Hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) is the transplantation of multipotent hematopoietic stem cells, usually derived from bone marrow, peripheral...
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    genetics condition program since 1997. Amniocentesis Amniotic stem cell bank Amniotic stem cells Chorionic villi Genetic counseling Newborn screening...
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    possible to collect two types of stem cells during childbirth: amniotic stem cells and umbilical cord blood stem cells. They are being studied as possible...
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  • University reported that "stem cells drawn from amniotic fluid donated by pregnant women hold much of the same promise as embryonic stem cells." The European Union...
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    associated with embryonic stem cells. With respect to the amniotic fluid stem cells ("AFS" cells), Atala has said the following: The cells come from the fetus...
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  • area, MA - where he is conducting research on amniotic stem cells. His studies on amniotic stem cells showed that they are pluripotent, and which can...
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  • Biocell Center (category Stem cell research)
    partnerships and research studies of amniotic fluid stem cells. In 2008, Biocell Center opened the first amniotic fluid stem cell bank in the world, and in 2009...
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  • Cord lining (category Stem cells)
    harvesting human stem cells. The sub-amniotic region of the umbilical cord lining has been reported to be a source of mesenchymal stem cells termed (CLMCs)...
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    Chorioamnionitis, also known as amnionitis and intra-amniotic infection (IAI), is inflammation of the fetal membranes (amnion and chorion), usually due...
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    Amnion (redirect from Amniotic membrane)
    appears in the inner cell-mass as a cavity. This cavity is roofed in by a single stratum of flattened, ectodermal cells, the amniotic ectoderm, and its floor...
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    sickle cell anemia. It results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin found in red blood cells. This leads to the red blood cells adopting...
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  • Stromal cells, or mesenchymal stromal cells, are differentiating cells found in abundance within bone marrow but can also be seen all around the body....
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  • applying research money into adult stem cell or amniotic stem cell research.[citation needed][failed verification] The stem cell issue has garnered two vetoes...
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    These two layers of cells are stretched between two fluid-filled cavities at either end: the primitive yolk sac and the amniotic sac. The epiblast is...
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    placenta using human endometrial cells. In 2002, it was announced that tissue samples from cultured endometrial cells removed from a human donor had successfully...
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  • Stem cell laws and policy in the United States have had a complicated legal and political history. Stem cells are cells found in all multi-cellular organisms...
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