[Pluripotency of bone marrow stromal cells and perspectives of their use in cell therapy]. / Pliuripotentnost' kletok stromy kostnogo mozga i perspektivy ikh ispol'zovaniia v kletochnoi terapii.

The possibility of differentiation of insulin-producing cells and neural and glial elements was demonstrated in the culture of bone marrow stromal cells. The perspectives of use of the bone marrow stromal cells in clinical medicine are considered.

[Induction of murine bone marrow stromal cell differentiation into nerve cells]. / Indutsirovannaia differentsirovka kletok stromy kostnogo mozga myshi v nervnye kletki.

The in vitro induced differentiation of mouse bone marrow stromal cells into nerve cells by retinoic acid and leukemia inhibitory factor has been shown, using morphological, histochemical and immunocytochemical analyses. The developed techniques allow to obtain up to 30% of neural cells in vitro. A suggestion about pluripotency of bone marrow stromal cells and possibility of their application to the cell therapy is discussed.

[The mutagenic and modifying properties of new gelatinous substances studied by using the Ames test]. / Izuchenie mutagennykh i modifitsiruiushchikh svoistv novykh studneobrazuiushchikh veshchestv s pomoshch'iu testa Eimsa.

Mutagenic activities of new gel-forming substances proposed for the use in pharmacy and food industry were studied by the method of scoring mutations in test microorganisms. Sodium carboxy-methyl starch and sodium carboxy-methyl-cellulose did not induce gene mutations in Salmonella typhimurium TA 98 and TA 100.