{"title":"A reflection on Arnold Caplan, the father of MSC","authors":"James M. Anderson","doi":"10.1016/j.beha.2025.101597","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Arnold Caplan was the father of MSC, mesenchymal stem cells. His pioneering efforts have led to significant advances in the utilization of mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of a wide variety of clinical diseases. This reflection provides some insight into Arnold's commitment to education and research regarding mesenchymal stem cells. Moreover, he was a good friend. Arnold will be missed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8744,"journal":{"name":"Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology","volume":"37 4","pages":"Article 101597"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1521692625000027","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"HEMATOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Arnold Caplan was the father of MSC, mesenchymal stem cells. His pioneering efforts have led to significant advances in the utilization of mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of a wide variety of clinical diseases. This reflection provides some insight into Arnold's commitment to education and research regarding mesenchymal stem cells. Moreover, he was a good friend. Arnold will be missed.
期刊介绍:
Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology publishes review articles integrating the results from the latest original research articles into practical, evidence-based review articles. These articles seek to address the key clinical issues of diagnosis, treatment and patient management. Each issue follows a problem-orientated approach which focuses on the key questions to be addressed, clearly defining what is known and not known, covering the spectrum of clinical and laboratory haematological practice and research. Although most reviews are invited, the Editor welcomes suggestions from potential authors.