Minced Umbilical Cord Fragments as a Source of Cells for Orthopaedic Tissue Engineering: An In Vitro Study

• Main Authors: A. Marmotti (Author), S. Mattia (Author), M. Bruzzone (Author), S. Buttiglieri (Author), A. Risso (Author), D. E. Bonasia (Author), D. Blonna (Author), F. Castoldi (Author), R. Rossi (Author), C. Zanini (Author), E. Ercole (Author), E. Defabiani (Author), C. Tarella (Author), G. M. Peretti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A promising approach for musculoskeletal repair and regeneration is mesenchymal-stem-cell- (MSC-)based tissue engineering. The aim of the study was to apply a simple protocol based on mincing the umbilical cord (UC), without removing any blood vessels or using any enzymatic digestion, to rapidly obt...