Cell therapy technologies and methods have already started to play an important role in the practice of medicine. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is replacing the old fashioned bone marrow transplants. Cell therapy is bound to become a part of medical practice.

Unlike organs, cells are a potentially renewable resource for body repair. The goal of this TriMark Publications report is to review the market for cell therapy products using screening reagents and instruments for analysis of individual components in tissue samples, blood, serum or plasma. It defines the dollar volume of sales, both worldwide and in the U.S., and analyzes the factors that influence the size and the growth of the market segments.

Also examined are the subsections of each market segment, including the research labs, hospital labs and commercial laboratories. Additionally, the numbers of institutions using this type of cell therapy and the factors that influence purchases are discussed.

The study surveys almost all of the companies known to be marketing, manufacturing or developing instruments and reagents for the cell therapy market in the U.S. Each company is discussed in extensive depth with a section on its history, product line, business and marketing analysis, and a subjective commentary of the company's market position.