| abstract |
The present invention is related to a composition for the treatment of articular cartilage damage or loss or defect. The composition for the treatment of articular cartilage injury of the present invention is characterized by that it is composed of cellular components separated, proliferated, and/or differentiated from the umbilical cord blood and their media, or of the above cellular components, their media, and biocompatible polymers. Compared to the conventional cells used for the treatment of articular cartilage damage, cellular components of the composition of the present invention have very superior ability of proliferation and differentiation and more easy to be collected and acquired. And the polymers of the composition of the present invention have one or more characteristics among the biocompatibility, biodegradation property and possible ability to serve to enhance nutrition of cells and possible ability to enhance formation of intercellular substrate as well as the mechanical strength and flexibility to the degree which is proper for cellular transplantation and generation of cartilage tissues. |