Animal component free medium retains the stability Of hypervariable region 1 (HV1) of mitochondrial DNA of human full term amniotic fluid mesenchymal stem cells

• Main Authors: Mohd Rawi, Rohayu Izanwati, Alimat, Sharizah, Nordin, Norshariza, Rejali, Zulida, Karuppiah, Thilakavathy
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BioMedPress (BMP) 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60867/1/Animal%20component%20free%20medium%20retains%20the%20stability%20Of%20hypervariable%20region%201%20%28HV1%29%20of%20mitochondrial%20DNA%20of%20human%20full%20term%20amniotic%20fluid%20mesenchymal%20stem%20cells.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60867/; http://www.bmrat.org/index.php/BMRAT/article/view/279/739

Therapeutic potential of human amniotic fluid (hAF) cells in treating human disease is very promising. Furthermore it provides an alternative in isolating stem cells from an accessible source, where the fluid is merely discarded, thus circumventing the ethical concerns. Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) i...