Tolerance to the foetal 'allograft'has been extensively studied in the past few years,
providing interesting new insights. In addition to a potential role for HLA-G, which has been …

Despite a concerted effort on the part of scientists and clinicians, cancer remains one of the
leading causes of death in industrialized countries. Furthermore, in spite of stunning …

US7413734B2 - Treatment of retinitis pigmentosa with human umbilical cord cells - Google
Patents US7413734B2 - Treatment of retinitis pigmentosa with human umbilical cord cells …

Metastatic cancer cells, like trophoblasts of the developing placenta, are invasive and must
escape immune surveillance to survive. Complement has long been thought to play a …

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31'""""""""" 514/14 Cells derivedfromhumanumbilical cords are disclosedalong 5,677,181 A …

Cells derived from postpartum placenta and methods for their isolation are provided by the
invention. The invention further provides cultures and compositions of the placenta-derived …

US7524489B2 - Regeneration and repair of neural tissue using postpartum-derived cells -
Google Patents US7524489B2 - Regeneration and repair of neural tissue using postpartum-derived …

5,811,094. A 9/1998 Caplanet al...... 424/93.7 tum tissue-derived cells, are provided by the
invention. The 5,827,735 A 10/1998 Young et al................. 435/325 invention also provides …

Apoptosis plays an essential role in maintaining cellular homeostasis during development,
differentiation, and pathophysiological processes. In the immune system, recent …

Apoptosis has been proposed as a mechanism for maintaining immune privilege.
Expression of Fas ligand (FasL) by the human trophoblast has been recently accepted as a …