Placenta
Volume 29, Supplement , Pages 17-19, March 2008

Stem Cells from Fetal Membranes – A Workshop Report

  • M. Hemberger

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Developmental Genetics and Imprinting, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB22 3AT, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1223 496 534; fax: +44 1223 496 022.
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  • W. Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Brown University Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
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  • D. Natale

      Affiliations

    • Department of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
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  • T.L. Brown

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45435, USA
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  • C. Dunk

      Affiliations

    • Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto M5G 1X5, Canada
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  • C.E. Gargett

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Women's Health Research, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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  • S. Tanaka

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Cellular Biochemistry, Department of Animal Resource Sciences/Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Accepted 13 November 2007. published online 03 January 2008.

Abstract 

Stem cells that can be derived from fetal membranes represent an exciting field of research that bears tremendous potential for developmental biology and regenerative medicine. In this report we summarize contributions to a workshop in which newest insights into the characteristics, subtypes and molecular determinants of stem cells from trophoblast and endometrial tissues were presented.

Keywords: Stem cells, Fetal membranes, Trophoblast, Endometrium

 

PII: S0143-4004(07)00270-6

doi:10.1016/j.placenta.2007.11.006

Placenta
Volume 29, Supplement , Pages 17-19, March 2008

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