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Efficient Neural Differentiation using Single-Cell Culture of Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Published on: January 18, 2020
Human Somatic Stem Cell Neural Differentiation Potential
David J Eve1, Paul R Sanberg2, Leonora Buzanska3
1Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, Center for Excellence in Aging and Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA. evedavid@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Human somatic stem cells can be identified and isolated from different types of tissues and are grouped here based on their developmental maturation and ability to undergo neural differentiation. The first group will represent afterbirth somatic tissues, which are perinatal stem cells including placental blood and tissue, amniotic fluid and tissue, and umbilical cord blood- and umbilical cord tissue-derived cells. The second group of cells discussed in this chapter is the adult stem cells, generally those in a transient period of development, thus placing them in the special position of transitioning from the perinatal to young somatic tissue, and they include the menstrual blood-, the peripheral blood-, and the bone marrow-derived stem cells.
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