title: Placental membrane as a source of mesenchymal stem cells.
abstract: Non-embryonic stem cells have the potential for being used in therapeutic attempts to develop treatments for human diseases and injuries. There is an increasing demand for non invasive treatments for a number of diseases and disorders that strike and disable relatively young people that would otherwise have many active years ahead. As longevity increases and we face new challenges in treating patients who suffers from disorders that reduces their quality of life already at middle age. Simple, secure methods to isolate non-embryonic stem cells from different tissues is one step towards making those treatments available to people suffering from Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injury, stroke, burns, heart disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
authors: Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, 3550 General Atomics Court, San Diego, California 92121, USA. bsundell@med.wayne.edu
authors: I Birgitta
authors: IB
authors: Sundell
authors: Prasad
authors: P
authors: Koka
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation; D053595:Embryonic Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D059630:Mesenchymal Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000628:therapy*; D010920:Placenta / Q000166:cytology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation