Farmer and Wang’s team manufactures clinical grade stem cells – mesenchymal stem cells – from placental tissue in the UC Davis Health’s CIRM-funded Institute for Regenerative Cures.

“Firstly, we needed to find a safe, abundant source of multipotent stem cells that would potentially be accepted by host immune systems. Placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cells, or ...

Mesenchymal stem cells are multipotent adult stem cells that are present in multiple tissues, including umbilical cord, bone marrow and fat tissue. Mesenchymal stem cells can self-renew by ...

The possibility of gaining access to life-changing stem cell therapy could finally be in reach for many in the region, thanks ...

The placental progenitor stem cell is the cytotrophoblast cell. These cells are responsible for the cellular growth of the placenta, and they have the ability to proliferate and differentiate ...

A mum whose friend's death from leukaemia prompted her to bank stem cells from her newborn's umbilical cord has described it ...