great potential for use in cell therapy because of their ease of isolation, expansion, and
differentiation, in addition to their relative acceptance from the ethical point of view.
Obtaining the umbilical cord at birth does not present any risk to either mother or child.
OBJECTIVE: To isolate and promote in vitro expansion and differentiation of MSCs from
human umbilical cord vein into cells with a pancreatic endocrine phenotype. METHODS …