Umbilical Cord Stem Cells and Multipotency

The Steenblock Research Institute has been working with other scientists to develop safe and effective stem cells from cord blood. First the cord is from a healthy newborn baby of healthy parents. Second, only cords with type O (universal donor) blood are used for stem cell transplants. Third, the cord blood is tested according to American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) standards and tested for purity and potency with advanced technologies. Fourth, the stem cells are separated from the blood, further reducing cell antigens. Fifth, the stem cells are expanded so that several million stem cells can be given per treatment.

• Cord blood and cells with multiple lineages

• Cord blood cells and neural markers

• Cord blood cells and neural and glial features

• Cells from bone marrow and cord blood can differentiate into glia and neurons

• Mesenchymal stem cells can differentiate into neurocytes

• Cord blood cells differentiate into neural and glial cells

• Primitive cord blood CD133+ cells express pluripotent markers.

• Cord mesenchymal cells can differentiate into neurons

• Cord hematopoietic stem cells differentiate into neurons

• Cord mesenchymal stem cells express neural markers

• Cord blood and pluripotency

• Cord hematopoietic cells differentiate into neural progenitor cells

• Cord hematopoietic cells respond to properties in a neural environment