Transfusion. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2019 Feb 6. Published in final edited form as: PMCID: PMC6364749 NIHMSID: NIHMS1005897 1Department of Transfusion Medicine, Post graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandgarh, India 2Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota 3Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota 4Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota. 1Department of Transfusion Medicine, Post graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandgarh, India 2Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota 3Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota 4Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have recently generated great interest in the fields of regenerative medicine and immunotherapy due to their unique biologic properties