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VSELs, a new offer of Biohellenika, instead of total blood cryopreservation

 

 

Very Small Embryonic Like Stem Cells (VSELs). A new service provided by Biohellenika

Biohellenika offers a new stem cell collection and storage service from cord blood, the VSELs, after a long-term effort by  its Research and Development Department. Thus, the company overcomes  the storage of whole cord blood, which aims to maintain VSELs, and offers the storage of VSELs as an independent service, ready for use.

The cord blood except  the  hematopoietic stem cells, contains   another more primitive cell population, the second in hierarchy during evolution, that is named  Very Small Embryonic  Like Stem cells-VSELs). These cells are very small in size and because of that, using the  conventional protocols they were lost  during the hematopoietic collectionVSELs are suitable only for the  child (autologous use) and this is one of the privileges  that offers,  among others, the private cord blood banking. From this cell population different cell lines were created in order to use for tissue and organ regeneration, in the case of their failure.  Their presence  in the cord blood gives  new perspective   in Regenerative Medicine beyond of hematology.  Until now from VSELs created cardiomyocytes, lung covering epithelium, oocytes and sperm and in co culture with cord tissue mesenchymal stem cells they  produce hematopoietic stem cells very  useful  in hematopoietic transplantations. 

 VSELs  are a new stem cell population in the cord blood, but the most primitive, and  may be  is the missing  puzzle in cellular  therapies.