Posted by
EFuller on Monday, May 07, 2007 10:20:10 PM
Adult Stem Cell Research (ASCR) Delivers Again
Cryo-Cell, a firm offering an umbilical cord blood bank, has discovered a new type of adult stem cell that can provide therapies for mothers."The stem cell, called a maternal placental stem cell (MPSC), is taken from the discarded placental tissue immediately after childbirth. Like stem cells recovered from umbilical cord blood, these cells may be collected without any risk to the mother or child.
The new cell is maternal in origin, meaning it is genetically matched with the mother...
Maternal stem cells have not to date been used in human therapies however, researchers believe that these cells may serve as an alternative to embryonic stem cells in the development of human cellular therapies and for use in regenerative medicine associated with the donor (mother)." Source
Let's put the money where the progress is being made -- ASCR and cord blood banks.