Umbilical Mesenchymal Stem Cells (UMSC)

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), are multipotent stromal cells that can differentiate into a variety of cell types,including: osteoblasts, chondrocytes, myocytes and adipocytes. This phenomenon has been documented in specific cells and tissues in living animals and their counterparts growing in tissue culture. MSCs have a great capacity for self-renewal while maintaining their multipotency. The degree to which the culture will differentiate varies among individuals and how differentiation is induced, e.g., chemical vs. mechanical;and it is not clear whether this variation is due to a different amount of "true" progenitor cells in the culture or variable differentiation capacities of individuals' progenitors. Umbilical Mesenchymal Stem Cell (UMSC),kind of multi functional stem cells in umbilical cord tissue, which has high differentiation potential and can differentiate into multiple directions.