Tissue-specific stem cells found in adult tissues can participate in the repair process following injury. However, adult tissues, such as articular cartilage and intervertebral disc, have low regeneration capacity, whereas fetal tissues, such as articular cartilage, show high regeneration ability. The presence of fetal stem cells in fetal cartilaginous tissues and their involvement in the regen...

Since 1928, human fetal tissues and stem cells have been used worldwide to treat various conditions. Although the transplantation of the fetal midbrain substantia nigra and dopaminergic neurons in patients suffering from Parkinson's disease is particularly noteworthy, the history of other types of grafts, such as those of the fetal liver, thymus, and pancreas, should be addressed as there are m...

BACKGROUND We have investigated the usefulness of a model of cardiac development in a large mammal, sheep, for studies of engraftment of human stem cells in the heart. METHODS AND RESULTS Adult and fetal human mesenchymal stem cells were injected intraperitoneally into sheep fetuses in utero. Hearts at late fetal development were analyzed for engraftment of human cells. The majority of the en...

Objective(s):Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) can be isolated from adult tissues such as adipose tissue and other sources. Among these sources, adipose tissue (because of easy access) and placenta (due to its immunomodulatory properties, in addition to other useful properties), have attracted more attention in terms of research. The isolation and comparison of MSC from these two sources provides a ...

objective(s): nowadays much effort is being invested in order to diagnose the mechanisms involved in neural differentiation. by clarifying this, making desired neural cells in vitro and applying them into diverse neurological disorders suffered from neural cell malfunctions could be a feasible choice. thus, the present study assessed the capability of fetal brain extract (fbe) to induce rat bon...

Using murine models, primitive hematopoietic cells capable of repopulation have been shown to reside in various anatomic locations, including the aortic gonad mesonephros, fetal liver, and bone marrow. These sites are thought to be seeded by stem cells migrating through fetal circulation and would serve as ideal targets for in utero cellular therapy. In humans, however, it is unknown whether si...

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Stem cells hold promise to treat diseases currently unapproachable, including Parkinson's disease, liver disease and diabetes. Seminal research has demonstrated the ability of embryonic and adult stem cells to differentiate into clinically useful cell types in vitro and in vivo. More recently, the potential of fetal stem cells derived from extra-embryonic tissues has been investigated. Fetal st...

BACKGROUND The global gene expression profiles of adult and fetal murine prostate stem cells were determined to define common and unique regulators whose misexpression might play a role in the development of prostate cancer. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS A distinctive core of transcriptional regulators common to both fetal and adult primitive prostate cells was identified as well as molecule...

background: cell therapy has emerged as a promising curative intervention for several diseases including diabetes and wolfram syndrome (ws). the current study aimed to assess the effectiveness of clinical application of fetal-liver derived stem cells for treatment of patients with ws. methods: six patients with ws aged 23-34 (mean: 29.50, sd: 4.76) were recruited for the current phase 3 single-...