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Cell therapy
Cell/Stem cell therapy is the use of new cell/stem cells to replace exhausted or damaged cells in order to treat or prevent a disease or condition. The most widely used stem cell therapy is bone marrow transplantation for treatment of hematological disorders.
Mesenchymal stem cell
Mesenchymal stem cells are considered as adult stem cells, which firstly found in the bone marrow. MSCs are multipotent cells that can differentiate into a variety of cell types, including osteoblasts, chondrocytes, myocytes, adipocytes, and potentially other cell types. MSCs have been discovered for more than 50 years.
The source of mesenchymal stem cell
They can be isolated from other available tissues including bone marrow, adipose tissue, umbilical cord tissue, peripheral blood, cord blood etc.
Mechanism of action of mesenchymal stem cells
The mainly function these stem cells are the replacement of damaged cell and tissues. MSCs have strong immunomodulation and immune suppression properties so the allogeneic use of these cells is possible as well as autologous usage.
Tumor formation by human mesenchymal stem cells
There is no report about teratoma formation concern after MSCs transplantation in standard designed clinical studies.