In utero therapy for congenital disorders using amniotic fluid stem cells.

• Main Authors: Durrgah Latchumi Ramachandra (Author), Sheng-Wen Steven eShaw (Author), Panicos eShangaris (Author), Stavros eLoukogeorgakis (Author), Pascale V Guillot (Author), Paolo eDe Coppi (Author), Anna L David (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Congenital diseases are responsible for over a third of all pediatric hospital admissions. Advances in prenatal screening and molecular diagnosis have allowed the detection of many life-threatening genetic diseases early in gestation. In utero transplantation with stem cells (IUT) could cure affecte...