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Fetal stem cells

Overview of attention for article published in Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, December 2004
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#33 of 980)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (90th percentile)

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Title
Fetal stem cells
Published in
Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, December 2004
DOI 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2004.06.010
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Authors

Keelin O'Donoghue, Nicholas M. Fisk

Abstract

Fetal stem cells can be isolated from fetal blood and bone marrow as well as from other fetal tissues, including liver and kidney. Fetal blood is a rich source of haemopoietic stem cells (HSC), which proliferate more rapidly than those in cord blood or adult bone marrow. First trimester fetal blood also contains a population of non-haemopoietic mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), which support haemopoiesis and can differentiate along multiple lineages. In terms of eventual downstream application, both fetal HSC and MSC have advantages over their adult counterparts, including better intrinsic homing and engraftment, greater multipotentiality and lower immunogenicity. Fetal stem cells are less ethically contentious than embryonic stem cells and their differentiation potential appears greater than adult stem cells. Fetal stem cells represent powerful tools for exploring many aspects of cell biology and hold considerable promise as therapeutic tools for cell transplantation and ex vivo gene therapy.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Unknown 220 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 38 17%
Student > Bachelor 34 15%
Researcher 32 14%
Student > Master 32 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 4%
Other 16 7%
Unknown 62 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 47 21%
Medicine and Dentistry 40 18%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 38 17%
Immunology and Microbiology 7 3%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 6 3%
Other 19 9%
Unknown 66 30%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 41. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 January 2023.
All research outputs
#1,007,571
of 25,603,577 outputs
Outputs from Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
#33
of 980 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,850
of 152,670 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
#1
of 11 outputs
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