Wharton’s Jelly
What is Wharton’s Jelly?
Wharton’s Jelly, named after the English physician Thomas Wharton, who first described it in 1656, is an umbilical cord blood-derived tissue allograft, containing stem cells and growth factors. It is a gelatinous substance (thus the name “jelly”) and is classified as a connective tissue. The job of this jelly-like substance […]