Evidence provided in the last 5 years however suggests that they can also harbour a therapeutic potential for human diseases as different populations of fetal derived stem cells have been isolated from amniotic fluid.
Cord blood stem cells and amniotic fluid stem cells.
In order for stem cell treatment to be beneficial the cells must be alive and functional.
9 2007 stem cells found in discarded amniotic fluid may hold the key to new treatments for disease and injury.
Amniotic stromal cells come from the amniotic sac not an embryo.
When umbilical cord blood placental tissue and amniotic fluid are in their natural state they contain numerous living stem cells that can be used to treat many diseases.
Do your amniotic or cord products contain stem cells.
Amniotic fluid stem cells offer a couple of advantages over umbilical cord stem cells.
Human amniotic fluid cells have been used as a diagnostic tool for the prenatal diagnosis of fetal genetic anomalies for more than 50 years.
Perinatal biologics and regenerative potential.
First is that some of these cells can actually be obtained before birth through a process known as amniocentesis 3 this comes in handy if the developing baby is found to have a congenital disorder such as a heart defect.
The newly discovered amniotic fluid stem cells may not be pluripotent or.
Concentrated cord blood is also ethically harvested from a donating mother after a live birth.
Unlike the controversial embryonic perinatal biologics amniotic cells are ethically and safely harvested.