In utero therapy for congenital disorders using amniotic fluid stem cells.

In utero therapy for congenital disorders using amniotic fluid stem cells.

Congenital diseases are responsible for over a third of all pediatric hospital admissions. Advances in prenatal screening and molecular diagnosis have allowed the detection of many life-threatening genetic diseases early in gestation. In utero transplantation with stem cells (IUT) could cure affecte...

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Main Authors: Durrgah Latchumi Ramachandra, Sheng-Wen Steven eShaw, Panicos eShangaris, Stavros eLoukogeorgakis, Pascale V Guillot, Paolo eDe Coppi, Anna L David
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Subjects:
Amniotic Fluid
Gene Therapy
Stem Cells
congenital disease
in utero therapy
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2014.00270/full

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