HUMAN CORD BLOOD DERIVED UNRESTRICTED SOMATIC STEM CELLS (USSCS)

摘要

Unrestricted somatic stem cell (USSC) derived from human umbilical cord blood, placental blood and/or blood samples from newborns, said somatic stem cell being distinct from but capable to differentiate into mesenchymal cells (bone cells, chondrocytes), neural cells, endodermal cells, but not into hematopoietic lineage stem or progenitor cells and endothelial stem or progenitor cells and adipocytes characterized in that the USSC expresses the DLKl -gene the expression being preferably detectable by a RT-PCR assay and/or on the protein level and that it is a clonally selected and expanded cell.