Native wharton's jelly stem cells and their purification
A method of culturing mesenchymal stem cells is provided. The mesenchymal stem cells are cultured in a medium that includes a cell-depleted Wharton's Jelly filtrate. The cell-depleted Wharton's Jelly filtrate is prepared by mincing umbilical cord tissue that includes Wharton's Jelly, subsequently diluting the umbilical cord tissue, subsequently filtering the umbilical cord tissue to generate a filtrate, and sedimenting Wharton's Jelly stem cells from the filtrate to generate the cell-depleted Wharton's Jelly filtrate.
1. A method of culturing mesenchymal stem cells, the method comprising:
(a) culturing mesenchymal stem cells in a medium comprising a cell-depleted Wharton's Jelly filtrate,
wherein the cell-depleted Wharton's Jelly filtrate was prepared by mincing umbilical cord tissue comprising Wharton's Jelly, subsequently diluting the umbilical cord tissue, subsequently filtering the umbilical cord tissue to generate a filtrate, and sedimenting Wharton's Jelly stem cells from the filtrate to generate the cell-depleted Wharton's Jelly filtrate.