| abstract |
An extracorporeal stem cell culture and transplantation kit comprising means for selecting cells having a desired phenotype in a cell mixture obtained from a human; means for isolating the selected cells from the mixture; means for incubating the isolated cells; a composition comprising an effective amount of a cellular expansion factor, wherein the expansion factor is selected from the group consisting of: GM-CSF, G-CSF, IL-1, IL-3, IL-6, TPO, EPO, flt3-ligand, SF and a GM-CSF/IL-3 fusion protein; and cellular growth medium. |