Our stem cell transplant program laboratory is specially equipped to handle all of the blood and
stem cell preparation necessary for transplant, including apheresis (separation and collection of stem cells from the blood) and cryopreservation (freezing of stem cells for future use).
Albini speculated that substandard
stem cell preparation may have caused some of the complications, which could have been due to introduction of a contaminant or the cell wash solution into the eye.
Not exact matches
In animal systems, pluripotency can be verified through direct means: pluripotent
stem cells can be introduced into an developing embryo and thus the cellular developmental potential of any given in vitro
preparation can be directly determined by observing the amount of chimaerism or viability of organisms partially or fully derived from in vitro
stem cells.
For example, the major steps in spermatogenesis consist of the development of germline
stem cells, mitotic proliferation of spermatogonial
cells,
preparation for and entry into meiosis, meiotic divisions, and finally differentiation of haploid spermatids into highly specialized motile sperm.
Developing methods to deliver
cells and to reduce contamination of hESC - derived product
preparations are major concerns impacting the development and application of
stem cell therapies,» said Emmanuel Baetge, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of Novocell.
In the chapter on RepleniSENS, we discussed in detail the
preparation of pluripotent
stem and adult
cells by reprogramming and transdifferentiation, but ignored the accumulation of small mutations.
This
preparation provides access to the patient's own
stem cells, which may undergo osteogenic differentiation in response to delivery of the allograft BMDMSC.