The essential physiological role of platelets in wound healing and tissue repair builds the
rationale for the use of human platelet derivatives in regenerative medicine. Abundant …

Background Foetal bovine serum (FBS), is the most commonly used culture medium additive
for in vitro cultures, despite its undefined composition, its potential immunogenicity and …

Various source-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been considered for cell
therapeutics in incurable diseases. To characterize MSCs from different sources, we …

Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are promising candidates for novel cell therapeutic
applications. For clinical scale manufacturing, human factors from serum or platelets have …

It has always been an ambitious goal in medicine to repair or replace morbid tissues for
regaining the organ functionality. This challenge has recently gained momentum through …

Stem cells have been used in a clinical setting for many years. Haematopoietic stem cells
have been used for the treatment of both haematological and non-haematological disease; …

In the last decade there has been a rapid expansion in clinical trials using mesenchymal
stromal cells (MSCs) from a variety of tissues. However, despite similarities in morphology …

The use of fetal bovine serum (FBS) as a cell culture supplement is discouraged by
regulatory authorities to limit the risk of zoonoses and xenogeneic immune reactions in the …

Over the last decades, mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) have been the focus of intense
research by academia and industry due to their unique features. MSC can be easily isolated …

Human umbilical cord blood (CB) is a potential source for mesenchymal stem cells (MSC)
capable of forming specific tissues, for example, bone, cartilage, or muscle. However …