A method of expanding undifferentiated hemopoietic stem cells to increase
the number of the hemopoietic stem cells is provided. The method
comprising: (a) obtaining the undifferentiated hemopoietic stem cells;
and (b) culturing the undifferentiated hemopoietic stem cells in a medium
containing a stromal cell conditioned medium, the stromal cell
conditioned medium being derived from a stationary phase plug-flow
bioreactor in which a three dimensional stromal cell culture has been
established under continuous flow of a culture medium on a substrate in
the form of a sheet, the substrate including a non-woven fibrous matrix
forming a physiologically acceptable three-dimensional network of fibers,
thereby expanding the undifferentiated hemopoietic stem cells.