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Stem Cell Related Patent Number US6326201
Title: | Pancreatic progenitor cells, methods and uses related thereto | Inventors: | Fung, Brenda; Belmont, MA, USA
Pang, Kevin; Belmont, MA, USA
Kagan, David; Brighton, MA, USA | Summary: | This invention introduces novel pancreatic progenitor cells, methods and uses thereof. Described herein is a substantially pure population of viable pancreatic progenitor cells, methods for their isolation and differentiating into glucose-responsive, insulin-secreting cells. Therapeutic uses of such cells apply to regulating the expression of insulin and other beta cell components in the treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus. | Abstract: | | US Patent Website: | Click Here for Full Text of Patent | Title Number: | US6326201 | Application Number: | US2000000499362 | Date Filed: | 10/02/2000 | Date Published: | 04/12/2001 | Assignee: | Curis, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA |
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