인간 양수세포 유래 줄기세포 연구 동향 = A Trend in the Study of Stem Cells Derived from Human Amniotic Fluid Cells

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Amniotic fluid cells are used for prenatal diagnosis of fetal abnormalities caused by genetic mutations. But the well established usage of human amniotic fluid cells in routine prenatal diagnosis and the current knowledge about origin and properties of these cells are still limited. Recently, amniotic fluid cells provide evidence that may represent new sources for human stem cells with the potential of differentiation into different cell type. It could be hopeful for patients to use human amniotic fluid cells with the stem cell properties for new cell-based therapy without the ethical problems involved in the application of human embryonic stem cells.