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- Title
From Breast Milk to Brains: The Potential of Stem Cells in Human Milk.
- Authors
Twigger, Alecia-Jane; Hodgetts, Stuart; Filgueira, Luis; Hartmann, Peter E.; Hassiotou, Foteini
- Abstract
The article describes the possible therapeutic potency of the human breast milk stem cells (hBSCs) which are actually mammary stem cells (MaSCs) responsible for maturation of human breasts during pregnancy and lactation. It discusses that these self-renewing pluripotent hBSCs may prove beneficial for cell replacement therapies (CRTs) for healing and repairing injured central nervous system (CNS) tissues, and neurons. It also mentions the future scope of research on therapeutic uses of MaSCs.
- Subjects
BREAST physiology; BRAIN; BREAST milk; INFANT development; LACTATION; STEM cells
- Publication
Journal of Human Lactation, 2013, Vol 29, Issue 2, p136
- ISSN
0890-3344
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1177/0890334413475528