Human amniotic fluid cells have been used as a diagnostic tool for the prenatal diagnosis of
fetal genetic anomalies for more than 50 years. Evidence provided in the last 5 years …

Highlights•Regenerative medicine focusses on replacement, repair and regeneration of
cells, tissues and organs.•Amniotic fluid stem cells (AFSCs) are broadly multipotent, that is …

Clinical applications of prenatal and postnatal therapy usin... : Current Opinion in Obstetrics
and Gynecology Clinical applications of prenatal and postnatal therapy using stem cells …

Advances in stem cell biotechnology hold great promise in the field of tissue engineering
and regenerative medicine. Of interest are marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) …

Stem cells are undifferentiated cells with the capacity for differentiation. Amniotic fluid cells
have emerged only recently as a possible source of stem cells for clinical purposes. There …

Stem cells isolated from amniotic fluid are known to be able to differentiate into different cells
types, thus being considered as a powerful tool for cellular therapy of different human …

Currently it is the hope of both patients and investigators that human progenitor cells and
stem cells can be widely used to replace dysfunctional cells within a tissue. It is speculated …

Stem cells have been proposed as a powerful tool in the treatment of several human
diseases, both for their ability to represent a source of new cells to replace those lost due to …

Introduction: Foetal cells present in amniotic fluid (AF) have been used for many years to
perform prenatal genetic screening. Recent reports suggested that these cells might have …

Amniotic fluid represents rich sources of stem cells that can be used in treatments for a wide
range of diseases. Amniotic fluid-stem cells have properties intermediate between …