Abstract
Traditionally, the placenta with the fetal membranes and umbilical cord is treated as a mere by-product of the newborn baby. It seems little short of amazing that this harvest of human tissue delivered directly into the obstetricians’ hands is usually promptly discarded by them. It is the largest biopsy of healthy human tissue we can ever hope to obtain — so why does it fail to arouse interest, and for what reason does it remain relatively unexplored? In our view, examining its possible value in clinical medicine is important, and in this chapter we investigate some of its therapeutic potential.
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Genbačev, O. et al. (1989). Human Trophoblast: A Biological and Clinical Demonstration of its Wound Healing and Tissue Repair Properties. In: Genbačev, O., Klopper, A., Beaconsfield, R. (eds) Placenta as a Model and a Source. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0823-2_17
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