Efficient Generation of Multipotent Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Umbilical Cord Blood in Stroma-Free Liquid Culture

• Rowayda Peters ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rowayda Peters, Monika J. Wolf

  * E-mail: rowayda.peters@gmail.com

  Affiliation Clinic of Oncology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Monika J. Wolf ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rowayda Peters, Monika J. Wolf

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Maries van den Broek,

  Affiliation Clinic of Oncology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Mario Nuvolone,

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Department of Internal Medicine, Amyloid Center, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

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• Stefanie Dannenmann,

  Affiliation Clinic of Oncology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Bruno Stieger,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Institutes of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Reto Rapold,

  Affiliation Division of Diabetology und Endocrinology, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Daniel Konrad,

  Affiliation Division of Diabetology und Endocrinology, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Arnold Rubin,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Joseph R. Bertino,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Adriano Aguzzi,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Mathias Heikenwalder,

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Institute of Virology, Technische Universität München/Helmholtz Zentrum München, München, Germany

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• Alexander K. Knuth

  Affiliation Clinic of Oncology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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