Rapid isolation, expansion, and differentiation of osteoprogenitors from full-term umbilical cord blood

Tissue Eng. 2005 Sep-Oct;11(9-10):1407-20

There is an urgent clinical requirement for appropriate bone substitutes that can be used for the repair and regeneration of diseased or damaged skeletal tissues. Cell-sourcing limitations in particular have affected progress, largely because of the shortage of accessible tissues...