Human mesenchymal stem cell therapy for cartilage repair: Review on isolation, expansion, and constructs

Articular cartilage defects are one of the major challenges in orthopedic and trauma surgery. However, the poor ability of cartilage to self-repair has motivated efforts to engineer replacement tissues, and human mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), which have an extensive proliferation potential and can u...

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Main Authors: Alan T.L. Lam, Shaul Reuveny, Steve Kah-Weng Oh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-04-01
Series:Stem Cell Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873506120300428