Placental tissue draws great interest as a source of cells for regenerative medicine because
of the phenotypic plasticity of many of the cell types isolated from this tissue. Furthermore …

An urgent current need in regenerative medicine is that of identifying a plentiful, safe and
ethically acceptable stem cell source for the development of therapeutic strategies to restore …

Highlights•The placenta is a reservoir of stem cells with minimal ethical concerns.•The
placenta is a source of haematopoietic stem cells during fetal development.•The …

Stem cell therapy is a promising approach to clinical healing in several diseases. A great
variety of tissues (bone marrow, adipose tissue, and placenta) are potentially sources of …

Many of the cell types that can be isolated from placental tissues retain phenotypic plasticity
that makes them an interesting source of cells for regenerative medicine. Several …

The human placenta has long been the subject of scientific interest due to the important
roles which it performs during pregnancy in sustaining the fetus and maintaining …

Introduction Both embryonic and adult tissues are sources of stem cells with therapeutic
potential but with some limitations in the clinical practice such as ethical considerations …

Recent years have seen considerable advances in our knowledge of the biology and
properties of stem/progenitor cells isolated from placental tissues. This has encouraged …

Among the many cell types that may prove useful to regenerative medicine, mounting
evidence suggests that human term placenta-derived cells will join the list of significant …

The amniotic fluid and the placenta are unique sources of different populations of stem cells—
mesenchymal, hematopoietic, trophoblastic—and, possibly, of more primitive stem cells …