Human amniotic fluid stem cells: a new perspective

@article{Siegel2007HumanAF,
  title={Human amniotic fluid stem cells: a new perspective},
  author={Nicol Siegel and Margit Rosner and Michaela Hanneder and Angelika Freilinger and Markus Hengstschl{\"a}ger},
  journal={Amino Acids},
  year={2007},
  volume={35},
  pages={291-293}
}
Summary.The discovery of amniotic fluid stem cells initiated a new and very promising field in stem cell research. In the last four years amniotic fluid stem cells have been shown to express markers specific to pluripotent stem cells, such as Oct-4. Due to their high proliferation potential, amniotic fluid stem cell lineages can be established. Meanwhile, they have been shown to harbor the potential to differentiate into cells of all three embryonic germ layers. It will be a major aim for the… 
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