Source: Ortec International, Inc
Posted: May 12, 2006
Summary:
Ortec International, Inc., a company focused on development and commercialization of products applicable to regenerative medicine and stem cell therapy, announced the results of experiments showing the ability of Fibrin Microbeads (FMB), an advanced fibrin based biomaterial, to isolate Mesenchymal adult stem cells (MSC) from human peripheral blood. The stem cells isolated by attachment to FMB were shown to be able to expand and differentiate into cartilage (chondrocytes), fat (adipocytes) and bone (osteoblasts) forming cells. This finding is unique, since it was previously thought that adult MSC were not found in blood in any significant quantity. The results using FMB demonstrate that blood may indeed prove to be a useful source of these stem cells for therapeutic applications.
Commentary: This finding is a significant advance in using bone marrow stem cells to treat human dieases.
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