Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Time to Change the Name!

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were officially named more than 25 years ago to represent a class of cells from human and mammalian bone marrow and periosteum that could be isolated and expanded in culture while maintaining their in vitro capacity to be induced to form a variety of mesodermal phenotypes and tissues.

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Mesenchymal Stem Cells – SpringerLink

The term mesenchymal stem cells was coined in 1991 to describe non-hematopoietic stem cells with stem cell properties found in the bone marrow stroma. Human mesenchymal stem cells were first isolated in 1999. Since these seminal discoveries, mesenchymal stem cells have been derived from a variety of tissues, including human dental pulp in ..

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