title: Turning "waste" into gold: identification of novel stem cells from human umbilical cord blood.
abstract: Due to ethical concerns, human embryonic stem cells have limited availability and practical usefulness. Adult stem cells are present within tissues of adult organisms and are responsible for cell turnover or repopulation of tissues under normal or exceptional circumstances. Multi-potent stem cells have been isolated from the umbilical cord blood and they offer promising therapeutic potentials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Theodore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mazzone
mesh_terms: D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology