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Reprogramming Primary Amniotic Fluid and Membrane Cells to Pluripotency in Xeno-free Conditions
Published on: November 27, 2017
Prospective full-term-derived pluripotent amniotic fluid stem (AFS) cells
N Ferdaos1, S Nathan, N Nordin
1Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra, Malaysia.
Abstract:
Amniotic fluid (AF) serves as an excellent alternative source of pluripotent stem cells, as they are not bound with ethical issues and the stem cells are more primitive than adult stem (AS) cells. Hence, they have higher potential. Here we aim to isolate and characterize pluripotent stem cells from mid-term and full-term pregnant rat amniotic fluid. The results demonstrate the evidence of heterogeneous population of cells in the amniotic fluid and some of the cells morphology shows similarity with ES cells.
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