Umbilical Stem Cells Vs Embryonic

Umbilical cord blood cells are extracted immediately after birth because the blood left in the umbilical cord after delivery is a rich source of stem cells similar to those in bone marrow.

Umbilical stem cells vs embryonic. Embryonic stem cells are the undifferentiated cells isolated from in vitro fertilized egg cell which was developed to 5 to 8 days old embryo. Somatic stem cells sometimes called adult stem cells are found in organs or tissues can self renew and yield the differentiated cell types comprising that organ or tissue multipotency and are. Umbilical cord stem cells are the undifferentiated cells found in the umbilical cord blood and tissue. Many states have introduced legislation to provide families with options for their babies cord blood.

Dr centeno s group has compared the number of stem cells seen in the bone marrow aspiration samples and umbilical cord product samples. Cord blood however is rich in multi potent hematopoietic stem cells hscs. Umbilical cords have traditionally been viewed as disposable biological by product. The above picture says that the umbilical cord product mostly has cells with cell markers cd 31 and cd 45.

These are not stem cells. Embryonic stem cells posted by bnuckols march 6 2007 leave a comment the proceedings of the national academies of science pnas has published the article that was the subject of this blog last week and which claims that researchers at the university of texas at houston have produced the first transplantable.