Cell-based therapies offer enormous promise to address unmet medical needs in a wide range of disease areas. Among all the different cell types, Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) present unique features for treating a wide variety of diseases.
Growing data suggest that the therapeutic advantages of mesenchymal stem cells are attributable to the release of soluble components and exosomes, which play an essential role in governing the immune response. Exosomes are tiny vesicles released by MSCs having the potential to serve as the “ideal drug delivery vehicle” due to their desirable properties such as low immunogenicity, ability to transport molecules effectively, precise interaction with target cells, but most importantly, their ease of manipulation for personalized medicine.